to rebecca stout: >i also agree with you concerning DFS and deafness in ferrets. i think >they are related. i have 2 ferts, and only the one who is deaf does the >"i am dead" trick. i guess its because they can't be woken up with noise, >but i would have thought that they would react to other stimuli (me >licking heir nose and usually they hate that) I have to disagree with this correlation between the two. I have a deaf ferret and she will sleep for long periods at a time but if I want to wake her up all I have to do is put my hand on her and she is wide awake.............on the other hand I have 2 hearing ferrets that will sometimes sleep so deep that nothing wakes them up short of persistance from me. I think it just depends on the ferret whether hearing or deaf. Diane,wiggles,cocoa, cleo and daddy too!!! [Posted in FML issue 3080]