deafness in ferrets

[mancterrierman 1]

alright folks read somewhere that alot of albino and white headed ferrets are actually deaf, quite common apparently, wandered weather you could still work a deaf ferret does it affect em that much read that ferrets dont tend to use thier ears that much anyway so dont really make much difference to em? atb manc

[Kay 3,709]

Theres some information about the condition here

 

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1113314-overview

[Kay 3,709]

Some more stuff... cant vouch for its accuracy though

 

http://www.moonsweb.com/ferrets/001/pages/waardenburgsyndrome.shtml

[Jamie m 668]

alright folks read somewhere that alot of albino and white headed ferrets are actually deaf, quite common apparently, wandered weather you could still work a deaf ferret does it affect em that much read that ferrets dont tend to use thier ears that much anyway so dont really make much difference to em? atb manc

Underground a ferret uses it's nose so as long as it doesn't have decongestion should be ok , oh and vibration so yes will work

[wullieh 53]

alright folks read somewhere that alot of albino and white headed ferrets are actually deaf, quite common apparently, wandered weather you could still work a deaf ferret does it affect em that much read that ferrets dont tend to use thier ears that much anyway so dont really make much difference to em? atb manc

Underground a ferret uses it's nose so as long as it doesn't have decongestion should be ok , oh and vibration so yes will work

had a dew that was totally deaf and was not for working despite trying her a few times, little chance of an albino being deaf, but dew and silvers are more common as is ferrets that have a white stripe on its head tho this dont mean they all are just means higher risk. of carrying waarenbourg syndrome.