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> ..deafness and may also include blindness. So anyway, I got to thinking
>that maybe there could be a similar *problem* in Ferrets? I don't know,
>I'm not any kind of geneticist, just a thought.
Yea, well, I'm a little behind.
My genetics is pretty skimpy too, but it seems logical to assume that for a
white animal, deafness is the least of its problems. Anything you're trying
to eat can see you coming, and so can anything trying to eat you. Unless
you live year-round in snow, being white is not a great survival trait, as
you will probably not survive long enough to breed anyway, otherwise healthy
or not. BTW, Monster is (as near as the vet and I can determine) totally
deaf. She does react to vibration (trains when we're in the part, etc).
She's almost totally white. Well, off-white-ish, depending on when her last
bath was.<G>
Megan and Monster
[Posted in FML issue 1674]
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