Hi Greta, I am the shelter Mom Alicia at Ferret Wise - where Melissa and several other folks joined us for adoption days last weekend! - in reading your questions to Melissa I can answer- Indeed Harry is at least partially deaf! This makes him especially suited to going to classrooms as he is not fearful of shrieks & squeals! Alicia at Ferret Wise www.ferretwise.org [Posted in FML issue 4142]