> ..deafness and may also include blindness. So anyway, I got to thinking >that maybe there could be a similar *problem* in Ferrets? I don't know, >I'm not any kind of geneticist, just a thought. Yea, well, I'm a little behind. My genetics is pretty skimpy too, but it seems logical to assume that for a white animal, deafness is the least of its problems. Anything you're trying to eat can see you coming, and so can anything trying to eat you. Unless you live year-round in snow, being white is not a great survival trait, as you will probably not survive long enough to breed anyway, otherwise healthy or not. BTW, Monster is (as near as the vet and I can determine) totally deaf. She does react to vibration (trains when we're in the part, etc). She's almost totally white. Well, off-white-ish, depending on when her last bath was.<G> Megan and Monster [Posted in FML issue 1674]