>I also have a vocal ferret!  She is a little extremely fat dark eyed
>white.  She is also deaf.  She is a rescue who had been abandoned and left
>out in the cold in a cage.  Whenever she thinks that one of her "brothers"
>might touch her she just squeals!, although I've spied on her and seen her
>dish it out herself!.  I know that she knows that this squealing quickly
>brings "Mom" to her rescue.
 
I have a similar gal, but I figured out that the squeals were more from
delight then from being scared when I caught her chasing around the room
after one of my other ferrets and dancing in delight.
[Posted in FML issue 3749]