Thank you so much, Alice, for sharing what happened to your Fannie (ferret that is lol). That poor baby, I can just visualize her rolling and then, blooosh! awe! It's not documented or studied formally (as many things with deafness in ferrets), but I definately find that they seek out tactile stimulation more than normal ferrets in varieties of ways. Some deaf ferrets are really no different than normal ones, yet others display a host of stereotypies. The ones that act normal, I am grateful that they can. the ones that don't, I at least try to eat up the differences as you stated. But I just had to come forward, and state that there is suprise, sometimes shock, and even mourning to a degree when one finds out there baby is deaf. As I had said, my husband acted like nothing was wrong for an entire year with his. Now all of a sudden I catch him snuggling his and saying, "I wish you could hear me..." Wolfy Please visit: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/ for information on ferret deafness: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv [Posted in FML issue 3228]