Message Number: FHL11409 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Joan"
Date: 2010-04-22 23:33:09 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: how to tell if ferret is deaf
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

It has been my experience that illness and injury aside,
deafness does not ^develop^ as one might compare it to age related deafness in humans. If they are deaf, or partially impaired
this will be apparent early on.


--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "darlingtoncavaliers" <Darleneaw@...> wrote:
>
> I'm reading a lot about ferrets, genetics and deafness. I just got my first ferret and he is white with darkish eys (burgundy I think) and black guard hairs along the middle of his back and some on his head. Just wondering, will he be prone to being deaf with this coloring?
>
> Darlene
>




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