Hi Becky: One of my deaf ferrets, Puck, is very vocal (my other 2 deaf ones never have been). As a kit, he was definitely a screamer! At just over 2 yrs old, he doesn't do that anymore. The only time he does anything *close* to screaming is when he's wrestling w/ one of the other boys - & he's usually the one making the most pitiful sounds when *he's* the one who's got a death grip on someone else! He sounds like he's being beaten w/in an inch of his life! When I detach him from the one he's beating on, he looks at me like, "aw, c'mon, Mom - I was just having fun! Put me down!" Puck grew out of being a constant screamer, gradually. I'll bet it's been not quite a yr since he's been that vocal. so, unless anyone else here has any suggestions, my only input is that he'll probably grow out of it. Wish I had some other trick to get him to settle down for ya, but for Puck, it was just time that solved the problem. Which does *nothing* for your nerves, I know, but....! Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, Puck, & Ivan To email me back, take out everything from "K" to "2" [Posted in FML issue 5226]