In response to Wolfy's post, I find nothing unusual about her responses. Hearing ferrets range the full gamut from "Duh" to quite bright, to scary smart. Why shouldn''t deaf ferrets. As with hearing ferrets, the backround and amount and kinds of stimulation and training they have had also is taken into account. And, let's face it, this is a subjective report. Are they dull, or just lazy? Or , being MY babies, are they truely as brilliant as I want to think? (Course they are.) Names we call our busyness.Before we lost the elderly ones this past winter, we had two groups. The Old Ones or the Boys, and another group, the Wrecking Crew. Need you ask why? Duncan--Dunkie Punkie Merry Heart--Little Girl, Mum little love, Demon Climber, Mr. Roberts--Handsome Lad, Momma's Boy Obie Jon--Sweetums, Face (as in how can you say No to that face? Pappa's Boy Nutmeg--Nutmeggins, Wired Weasel, #1evil dooer Wiggles--Precious, SweatPea All are either rescues or were given to us by people who could no longer care for them. We claim no names, but all the nicknames. They are also called The Evil Do-ers and the Wicked Weasles . Gotta Love them. Mary D. [Posted in FML issue 3797]