OK, now I'm getting a little concerned. I think someone mentioned a silver ferret with WS complications. I always thought silver and silver-mitt were "normal" color variations, and that the only ones that typically carried the Waardenburg gene were ones with an unusually large amount of white on the head (i.e. panda, blaze, DEW). Is a silver-mitt likely to carry the gene? Chitterbox has never shown any of the typical symptoms (although he is dumb as a brick sometimes--the only ferret I've ever seen who will actually come to the name "Cute-but-Stupid" ;) ), but if he's prone to likely neurological problems, I'd like to be as prepared as possible. Dooks and Blessings, Becky (with Cinnamon, Coke, Pixie, Chitterbox, and Kodi-Bear) *********************************** "You've got to dance like nobody's watching, and love like it's never going to hurt." *********************************** Check out Pixie's Home Page at: http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Farm/3398 [Posted in FML issue 3120]