Me personally don't think it's just deaf ferrets that do this, how do i know you ask, well i have 6 ferrets all together. Out of all six i have one beautiful deaf little baby boy, he doesn't just dig tho lol. he climbs in any food bowl and kicks food out with his back feet and he'll dig too. i have 2 others that dig out the food bowl 2 and they are not deaf and they were here yrs before my new little boy! he doesn't do water dishes tho[thankfully] but i have noticed he will dig anything out of a bowl or container. I put a container [rectangle] on the floor and i had 3 fuzzies in the container digging out the cherios to the floor. i also have food stashers. I have to vacum on a daily basis but i don't really mind at all cos as long as there makeing messes then i know there haveing fun doing it! to me there just doing what comes natural, like there wild relations outside, digging for food. proud mommy of patches,symone, stormy,cherokee, sunshine and snackpack and my 2 big cats trouble and karma. ps my cat trouble kinda sorta cleans up the food on the floor lol [Posted in FML 6220]