Tryntje asked yesterday whether other peoples' deaf ferrets made much noise while playing-- Amelia is partially deaf, and she makes far less noise than Cully does while happily playing. She does dook when she's really worked up, but it's more of a restrained burble. It's a totally different situation when she's in a fight with Cully, though. Then she screams and shrieks, even when she's on the offensive. She also has one killer hiss on her-- she sounds like a Japanese movie monster preparing to destroy Tokyo when she's really mad. My theory on the screaming is that she's making noise loudly enough to hear herself. And she figured out pretty quick that it would get Cully in trouble ;) Regina Amelia ("help! he's killing me!") and Cully ("honest, she was biting me! I didn't do anything!") Regina Harrison [log in to unmask] http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/1083 "If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing..." Peggie Lee [Posted in FML issue 1884]