>I love dark eyed white (DEW) and badger ferrets, but shouldn't we attempt
>to eliminate the Waardensberg gene from the ferret breeding stock? I am
>convinced that deaf ferrets run a higher risk (than an hearing ferret) to
>be abused by impatient inexperienced owners.
Agreed that the deaf ones see more mishandling and abuse; also think that
folks should put health over coat pattern.
Deafness is certainly a liveable variant, but some owners' repsonses to it
are NOT.
[Posted in FML issue 2722]