Anonymous Poster (from C.F., Fizzygig and Little Louie) wrote:
>I have a question.  Is is true that alot of black eyed white ferrets are
>deaf?
 
I collected a few posts on deaf ferrets that I can send you or anybody else
that is interested.  Here is a sample below
 
>[log in to unmask] wrote on Dec. 19, 1996, answering to Marti Smith:
M. Smith wrote: >I am wondering if it's a normal trait for a blackeyed
>albino ferret to be deaf?
 
Bill Killian wrote:
>A dark eyed white ferret is not an albino although it does genetically
>have a partial albinism gene.  The partial albinism gene along with the
>Waardensburg gene also present in dark eyed whites is connected to deafness.
>So unfortunately, yes.
 
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 Lorraine Tremblay
 Webmistress of Mustela Canada / Webmestre de Mustela Francia
 Owner of the Ferret Curiosity Shop
[Posted in FML issue 2249]