From:
team-machine
Date: 2001-07-13 21:28:00 UTC
Subject: [Ferret-Health-list] My deaf guy
S,
I too have a deaf ferret that in the beginning was very bitey. I used the
I'm going to pretend I'm his mom theroy. I would take him by the scruff and
shake him (gently of course)while saying no and it worked very well. It only
took a few times until he caught on that I didn' like his behavior.He is
nothing but a sweetheart now and has been for 5.5 years. K.M----- Original
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From: "shelly palmer" <lillshel@y...>
To: "ferret" <Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 3:06 PM
> Hello all,
>
> I have a male silver who is nearly 2 years old. I am
> 99.9% certain he is deaf. His name is Klondike (he
> looks like a polar bear, I swear it!) and he's a total
> lover.
>
> However I have trouble to discipline him with the
> usual scruff/NO method as he doesn't hear the NO part.
> He's generally well behaved, but now and then the
> occassion does arrise when he goes a little nutso.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions for disciplining a deaf
> ferret?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Shelly (slave to 3 fuzzies in FW)
>
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