RE: Deaf Ferrets
  To Bill Goldberg:
     Where did you get the info about early separation and
deafness, and what is the percieved physiological difference
that causes the deafness.  When would such deafness manifest?
We received Davey, at abotu 5 weeks because his mother dried
up prematurely. We fed him KMR and mushy Iams Kitten food and
some meat baby food. He turned out fine.  So if what you say
is true, the answer seems to be in early intervention.
 
 To Darel Benysh (and everyone else...)
   - how old is your new "deaf" ferret.  We thought Grover
was deaf after we got him, but it turned out that he was
ignoring us.  He hears fine, and knows when were yelling
at him, and if he's not engrossed on something, he'll
turn his head when you call his name.
 
Above all, I'd say don't worry. Ferrets are remarkable creatures,
and cal live full, happy, loving lives with disablities.  Linda
has a ferret with only three legs, but she's a doll, and
Marya keeps threatning to bring her home.
 
 I'd also be interested in a pointer or two to some literature
on Waalbergs (or what ever - I hate Compuserve's bogus line editor
but that's another story...) syndrome, as Grover ansd S. Bar
both have that set of markings.
 
We're rescuing another ferret. She's a young albino from
Marshall Farms, and th eowner is afraid the ferret will
hurt his 14 month old daughter, so our friends on
IN, have gotten her, and Marya's there now retriving her,
and she'll go linda's where she'll be adopted out to a good
home (Linda is a good/brutal screener).
 
BTW: Dennis Miller has a joke in his act during a tiatribe about
people and TV, iwhere he says:
 The attention span of the average American is that of a
ferret on a double espresso.
 
Peace
lenny.
 
[Posted in FML issue 0438]