Waardenburg syndrome found in ferrets would be more like the Waardenberg syndrome found in humans. Autism has nothing to do with it. That said, I owned a wardie ferret once; she was the cutest thing, loving, playful, would follow me around, and had amazing climbing strength.
That sounds like my ferret Elsa but she doesn’t have a flat head nor heart shaped eyes, how ever our other ferrets might have it since the have the physical features that a wardie ferret would.
@@smol-one it's a completely separate diagnosis and it has no effect on behavior so not really even a correlation between autism and waardenburg syndrome as it's a group of genetic conditions that can cause hearing loss, eye issues and changes in coloring of pigmentations in the hair and eyes usually. I am on the spectrum and even I know that this correlation is inaccurate as hell.
I have a Waardy ferret. When I got him, I had two other ferrets, but they ignored him. He was lonely and very sad. I ended up getting two more ferrets soon after. They took to him and played with him. He now plays happily and has snuggle buddies. Aside from him being hard of hearing and running funny, you'd never know he was a Waardy. He does everything the others do and shows self confidence. The two ferrets who ignored him in the beginning changed their ways and also play with him. Lately I've noticed him dooking (a ferret choidoling noise they make when happy). I'm so glad it worked out because he is such a sweetheart with an endless abundance of love to share.
Wardenburg syndrome is something humans have to, probably why they knew how recognize it in noodle doodles too! So I think that would be a much better description instead of autism which it's not! By describing it how it is and what it is you could probably help humans, especially children suffering from WS to not feel alone! Much love (I have autism myself, would have loved to hear this as a kid, even tho it's not really autism Haha, but all us humans are unique, just comforting hearing about ur animals too☺ ) ❤
I have autism too (and a form of ADHD. Greeeeaaaat combo) and I work/live together with a bunch of other people that also have things like autism and ADHD. So the explanation got me very confused. Autism isn't something that shows as deformations or such on the outside of your body. It's a neurological thing. It's one of those disabilities that strangers won't always identify or notice. I myself also have hypermobility (which absolutely sucks. It means your joints have more wiggle room and are looser, making you more likely to dislocate something). Because of this, certain activities or actions are a lot more difficult or painful for me. Standing in a crowded bus with a heavy backpack, running, jumping jacks, etc. But I can guarantee you that people look judgingly if i use the specifical seats in the bus for pregnant, elderly or disabled people. Similar story with autism. I can use public transport on my own, no problem. Strangers approaching me with a question (do you know when this bus gets here?) or a compliment (i like your dress!) is also usually not a problem. Reading people's emotions? Knowing how to handle social interactions? Work, cooking, cleaning and groceries? Those are pretty difficult. But strangers wouldn't know that from my appearance. It's the whole "you don't LOOK disabled" argument.
Most people aren’t aware of it or it’s symptoms though. Comparing it to autism, while not completely accurate, does allow the average person to better understand it.
@@Isometrix116 She already fit a bunch of unrelated text on the screen, why not explain waardenburg syndrome instead of her drawing this stupid comparison?
@@fauxcommander Imagine this: "Oh, that looks like a Wagdabahm!" "What's a Wagdabhm?" "It's kind of like a Ghishtanstud" It doesn't really help you understand, does it. Now, lets imagine you are talking about a giraffe and describing it to someone who hasn't seen one before. You wouldn't start with it's closest relatives, like okapi, you would start with a horse. You know, "it's like a horse but with really long legs and a really long neck. It's yellow and covered in brown spots!" Because you are trying to describe it to someone who has no idea about anything but the very basics. Autism is widely known about and we have general ideas of what makes something autism-like. So, if you start with autism as a springboard, you can more effectively explain how it is and isn't like autism to morph it from abstract to concrete.
I had a waardy...her name was Wilma and she was a rescue. My father found her during a plumbing job and his partner almost squashed her under his boot! She lived happily with us for five years until passing in an accident. I remember how heartbroken my mother was. I miss my Wilma ❤ she was a Blaze Ferret!
she may have a disorder but that doesn't stop get from being a loveable little Mochi and has her support Nugget to back her up. even when Nugget gets stuffed into the macaroni
I have one... they're a bunch of fun. Super uncoordinated. He's deaf as well. He's a blaze ferret.. sane similar color and markings to yours. He's about 9 now... nothing to special to worry about except adrenal and the eventual seizures. We currently have him on baby food because he can hardly eat wet kibble, and he's dropping the weight...he's about to go, but the baby food is giving his last days the extra pep he wants...but it's a major last resort.
I had a very sweet sandy fuzzie called Dusty who was deaf, took me a while to realise as she was good at adapting. Had several other fuzzies at same time, she would follow them around, learnt signals from me. She didn't have any deficits. I enjoy your shorts as don't have any fuzzies anymore.
I truly miss my wardys. Havent had ferrets for a year since i moved into my last place (i hide my last 3 until they all passed away. They were all seniors when i moved and were already 2 years into insulinoma). I am thinking about moving again just so I can rescue again. The joy they bring to my life is unexplainable
We had a WS ferret too ! His name was Loki, they look like they could have been twins. I lost him in his fifth year 😔 no more the vet could do and he was in pain so we took him in and said goodbye, got a foot print made and buried him in the cemetery. Enjoy Mochi although different, they are special gifts not many get to experience.
Aw I'm sooo sorry for your loss 😭❤ and your description is the most beautifuland kind one I've everheard, I have autism and I wish my people said that about me, instead of getting to hear I'm stupid and annoying hah 😭
@@NathalieCwiekSwiercz People like that are just too ignorant too understand you're brilliance in the world, and I'm not just talking intelligence either. They're not worth the energy it takes to be frustrated... Ignorance is bliss for those dishing it out, not so much when you're on the receiving end, but don't give them any power over you. Ignore it or just look them straight in the face and say ( very matter of factually) " Wow! I guess you really can't fix stupid " that should end the conversation fairly easily, any come back will only sound stupid and you can walk away smiling and shaking your head!! Thank you for your kind words about Loki, the down side of rearing ferrets. They can get sick very easily and losing them is heartbreaking. But the love and joy you get from them is worth every hurt... At least for now. I hope you can have an easier time with stupid people .... But you're DEFINITELY not one of them!! 🤷🏼♀️😁🥰
I have a cat that I would say is on the spectrum. He is easily spooked, and never leaves the upstairs level of the house. He doesn't like being held at all and is overall weird about things that other cats aren't bothered by. I love him no matter, he's my sweet special boy.
I always say wardie is very smiliar to autism+vitiligo. Seeing as vitiligo can cause blindness or hard of hearing. It also has the pigment issues that wartenburg does as well.
I almost got a ferret several years ago that looked EXACTLY LIKE little miss Mochi, here. She did NOT get along with the others very well, at ALL, and seemed a little clumsy. When I went and asked to hold her, the clerk warned me that she had bitten everyone who had held her before. Some how, some way, I didn't get so much as a nibble.... she climbed my arm, crawled inside my flannel collar and wrapped around my neck like a piece of animate fur trim and went to sleep. Looking back, I should have taken her, but I was there for mealworms to start a colony for chicken feed, and she would have been pure impulse. Bad idea, worse yet, I've never had a ferret before... but she was SO damn sweet!
My eyebrows raised when you said it's like autism because as a fan on the spectrum, it definitely seems like there's connections. And before you guys reply that the syndrome exists in humans, I'm aware. I saw the comments. But just the connections to Waardenberg Syndrome in ferrets and autism in humans just aline. Mochi is legit so cute
Huh, I have a number of these traits myself. Hearing and vision are both exceptionally sensitive rather than poor in my case. But then, I'm not a ferret.
I had a pet rat with a similar set of symptoms. He was the best. A little slow on the uptake, but a good little squeaker. My current ferret is a rescue. Someone got him for their kids for Xmas in 2021, and by spring of 2022, the parents posted him online, 'free' and someone asked if he would make good snake food. Now he is a singleton, but gets outside time to play with the dogs and cats. His little quirk is not using the litterbox, even though i KNOW he knows how to use it, and that hes supposed to.
My baby boy Draco had it. He is gone now. As they age they will experience health problems unlike the others. They need more attention and more understanding. They might seem like their little light bub is dim upstairs but they have different wants and needs then the others will. They are loving, sweet, gentle, caring and very needy. In the end she will pass away faster then the others...keep her checkups frequent and thorough. Look for gastrointestinal problems and tumors. Most importantly, love her every day.😞
I had a little big guy named Jack (after Jack Sparrow, due to his wobbly walking, haha) who looked just like Mochi and had the same syndrome. Sweet beans!
My baby nibbler has waardenburg. He is the sweetest little boy. He doesn't eat meat or ferret treats freezdried or otherwise. I've tried all kinds of meats and treats for over a year, and he prefers what I call nibby soup. Warm water, crushed ferret chow and duk soup. His sister Leela loves shrimp and freeze-dried treats. She also enjoys her warm soup too. 🥰
I found it difficult to simultaneously read the text while listening to you say something different. It would be better to have the text on the screen be the same as the words you're saying!
I've heard of this. Unfortunatly I know very little about it. From people who have had Wardy ferrets it presents a bit differently then in humans which is why I always tey to point out its ferret Waardenburg because 1) I don't know about the human kind and 2) I try to make sure people realize what I'm saying isn't about Waardenburg in general just specifically the ferret version
@@FuffyFerrets then just talk about the ferrets. you don’t really need to compare things to autism on a whim. i don’t think it’s malicious but it’s frustrating as an autistic person to constantly see everything compared to us when there’s little to compare in the first place.
That's too bad for that little baby. I've had at least six ferrets passed away from adrenal gland cancer so I know very well how septical these little guys are
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Waardenburg syndrome found in ferrets would be more like the Waardenberg syndrome found in humans. Autism has nothing to do with it. That said, I owned a wardie ferret once; she was the cutest thing, loving, playful, would follow me around, and had amazing climbing strength.
That sounds like my ferret Elsa but she doesn’t have a flat head nor heart shaped eyes, how ever our other ferrets might have it since the have the physical features that a wardie ferret would.
...as someone on the spectrum, the description sounded pretty accurate to me.
Type 2 Waardenburg in humans can cause autism-like behavior
@@smol-one none of the traits are remotely similar though? If youre hard of hearing and have a wide set flat face that's not because you're autistic
@@smol-one it's a completely separate diagnosis and it has no effect on behavior so not really even a correlation between autism and waardenburg syndrome as it's a group of genetic conditions that can cause hearing loss, eye issues and changes in coloring of pigmentations in the hair and eyes usually. I am on the spectrum and even I know that this correlation is inaccurate as hell.
I have a Waardy ferret. When I got him, I had two other ferrets, but they ignored him. He was lonely and very sad. I ended up getting two more ferrets soon after. They took to him and played with him. He now plays happily and has snuggle buddies. Aside from him being hard of hearing and running funny, you'd never know he was a Waardy. He does everything the others do and shows self confidence. The two ferrets who ignored him in the beginning changed their ways and also play with him. Lately I've noticed him dooking (a ferret choidoling noise they make when happy). I'm so glad it worked out because he is such a sweetheart with an endless abundance of love to share.
Thank you for getting him two friends! Good job!
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I love that she's got an emotional support Nugget. That's so sweet
Wardenburg syndrome is something humans have to, probably why they knew how recognize it in noodle doodles too! So I think that would be a much better description instead of autism which it's not! By describing it how it is and what it is you could probably help humans, especially children suffering from WS to not feel alone!
Much love (I have autism myself, would have loved to hear this as a kid, even tho it's not really autism Haha, but all us humans are unique, just comforting hearing about ur animals too☺ ) ❤
I have autism too (and a form of ADHD. Greeeeaaaat combo) and I work/live together with a bunch of other people that also have things like autism and ADHD. So the explanation got me very confused. Autism isn't something that shows as deformations or such on the outside of your body. It's a neurological thing. It's one of those disabilities that strangers won't always identify or notice. I myself also have hypermobility (which absolutely sucks. It means your joints have more wiggle room and are looser, making you more likely to dislocate something). Because of this, certain activities or actions are a lot more difficult or painful for me. Standing in a crowded bus with a heavy backpack, running, jumping jacks, etc. But I can guarantee you that people look judgingly if i use the specifical seats in the bus for pregnant, elderly or disabled people. Similar story with autism. I can use public transport on my own, no problem. Strangers approaching me with a question (do you know when this bus gets here?) or a compliment (i like your dress!) is also usually not a problem. Reading people's emotions? Knowing how to handle social interactions? Work, cooking, cleaning and groceries? Those are pretty difficult. But strangers wouldn't know that from my appearance. It's the whole "you don't LOOK disabled" argument.
Y’all know humans can have waardenburg too right?
noooo everything is autism
@@ticcitoasty what…
Most people aren’t aware of it or it’s symptoms though. Comparing it to autism, while not completely accurate, does allow the average person to better understand it.
@@Isometrix116 She already fit a bunch of unrelated text on the screen, why not explain waardenburg syndrome instead of her drawing this stupid comparison?
@@fauxcommander Imagine this:
"Oh, that looks like a Wagdabahm!"
"What's a Wagdabhm?"
"It's kind of like a Ghishtanstud"
It doesn't really help you understand, does it. Now, lets imagine you are talking about a giraffe and describing it to someone who hasn't seen one before. You wouldn't start with it's closest relatives, like okapi, you would start with a horse. You know, "it's like a horse but with really long legs and a really long neck. It's yellow and covered in brown spots!" Because you are trying to describe it to someone who has no idea about anything but the very basics. Autism is widely known about and we have general ideas of what makes something autism-like. So, if you start with autism as a springboard, you can more effectively explain how it is and isn't like autism to morph it from abstract to concrete.
I didn't know this was a thing! Awww! Mochi is such a darling. I know it's not the same but I'm on the spectrum and I'm here for you Mochi!
autism ferret
Same
Awww all your ferrets are such adorable little beans and so relatable! And VVaffles and Mochi are so lucky to have a support Nugget ❤❤❤
I had a waardy...her name was Wilma and she was a rescue. My father found her during a plumbing job and his partner almost squashed her under his boot! She lived happily with us for five years until passing in an accident. I remember how heartbroken my mother was. I miss my Wilma ❤ she was a Blaze Ferret!
Mochi has always been my favorite, now I know why. She special 💙💕
Still absolutely adorable ❤
Mochi was also born with terminally cute, for which there is no cure.
Awww she is so sweet and special!!! So glad she has you and the other sweet babies to be there for her!!!
I’m so glad she has you ❤❤❤
Waardenburg Syndrome exists in humans
she may have a disorder but that doesn't stop get from being a loveable little Mochi and has her support Nugget to back her up. even when Nugget gets stuffed into the macaroni
bless that little darling girl
Aww I hope she will be okay please give her alot of loves and kisses for me I love ferrets I never had one but it’s one my favorite animals
I have one... they're a bunch of fun. Super uncoordinated. He's deaf as well. He's a blaze ferret.. sane similar color and markings to yours. He's about 9 now... nothing to special to worry about except adrenal and the eventual seizures. We currently have him on baby food because he can hardly eat wet kibble, and he's dropping the weight...he's about to go, but the baby food is giving his last days the extra pep he wants...but it's a major last resort.
I’m sorry to hear this! I’m glad that you had 9 years with him ❤
Beautiful ratcats!!💋💖💖💖💖
I had a very sweet sandy fuzzie called Dusty who was deaf, took me a while to realise as she was good at adapting. Had several other fuzzies
at same time, she would follow them around, learnt signals from me. She didn't have any deficits.
I enjoy your shorts as don't have any fuzzies anymore.
I truly miss my wardys. Havent had ferrets for a year since i moved into my last place (i hide my last 3 until they all passed away. They were all seniors when i moved and were already 2 years into insulinoma). I am thinking about moving again just so I can rescue again. The joy they bring to my life is unexplainable
We had a WS ferret too ! His name was Loki, they look like they could have been twins. I lost him in his fifth year 😔 no more the vet could do and he was in pain so we took him in and said goodbye, got a foot print made and buried him in the cemetery. Enjoy Mochi although different, they are special gifts not many get to experience.
Aw I'm sooo sorry for your loss 😭❤ and your description is the most beautifuland kind one I've everheard, I have autism and I wish my people said that about me, instead of getting to hear I'm stupid and annoying hah 😭
@@NathalieCwiekSwiercz People like that are just too ignorant too understand you're brilliance in the world, and I'm not just talking intelligence either.
They're not worth the energy it takes to be frustrated... Ignorance is bliss for those dishing it out, not so much when you're on the receiving end, but don't give them any power over you. Ignore it or just look them straight in the face and say ( very matter of factually)
" Wow! I guess you really can't fix stupid " that should end the conversation fairly easily, any come back will only sound stupid and you can walk away smiling and shaking your head!!
Thank you for your kind words about Loki, the down side of rearing ferrets. They can get sick very easily and losing them is heartbreaking. But the love and joy you get from them is worth every hurt... At least for now. I hope you can have an easier time with stupid people .... But you're DEFINITELY not one of them!! 🤷🏼♀️😁🥰
Awe bless her heart glad she has you for her mom❤❤❤❤❤
I have a cat that I would say is on the spectrum. He is easily spooked, and never leaves the upstairs level of the house. He doesn't like being held at all and is overall weird about things that other cats aren't bothered by. I love him no matter, he's my sweet special boy.
Youre the best. Thank you for being you
She’s adorable!!!
Omg that looks exactly like my old ferret 'Yoshi'. I miss her so much.
It's ok she's just soooo beautiful, she looks like she loves her family, so it's all good
I can't handle the cuteness 😢❤ mochi is just so lovely 😊
Looks like a little possum so cute
Awwww my ferret had this she passed four years ago she attached to my pet rat angus she followed him everywhere and now angus sleep in their bed alone
ferrets are so loveable. i dont understand why they are illegal in newyork. i love this little one. love you babby
Emotional support Nugget ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Or first ferret had that, she was deaf and couldn't sit up on her hind legs, just would fall over. She was our baby and I still miss her every day.
SLEEPING NUGGET!!!SO CUTEEEEEE😝😆
There are people with Waardenburg too, so I mean you could just compare it to Waardenburg in people instead of autism.
I always say wardie is very smiliar to autism+vitiligo. Seeing as vitiligo can cause blindness or hard of hearing. It also has the pigment issues that wartenburg does as well.
We have a Mochi too!! 🥹
I didn't know about this. I've had several ferrets and I love them all. Mochi is perfect and precious 😍!
So cute
I almost got a ferret several years ago that looked EXACTLY LIKE little miss Mochi, here. She did NOT get along with the others very well, at ALL, and seemed a little clumsy. When I went and asked to hold her, the clerk warned me that she had bitten everyone who had held her before. Some how, some way, I didn't get so much as a nibble.... she climbed my arm, crawled inside my flannel collar and wrapped around my neck like a piece of animate fur trim and went to sleep. Looking back, I should have taken her, but I was there for mealworms to start a colony for chicken feed, and she would have been pure impulse. Bad idea, worse yet, I've never had a ferret before... but she was SO damn sweet!
Let's GOOOO NEURODIVERGENT FERRET TIME-
I relate so much.
My eyebrows raised when you said it's like autism because as a fan on the spectrum, it definitely seems like there's connections. And before you guys reply that the syndrome exists in humans, I'm aware. I saw the comments. But just the connections to Waardenberg Syndrome in ferrets and autism in humans just aline. Mochi is legit so cute
Huh, I have a number of these traits myself. Hearing and vision are both exceptionally sensitive rather than poor in my case.
But then, I'm not a ferret.
I had a pet rat with a similar set of symptoms.
He was the best. A little slow on the uptake, but a good little squeaker.
My current ferret is a rescue. Someone got him for their kids for Xmas in 2021, and by spring of 2022, the parents posted him online, 'free' and someone asked if he would make good snake food.
Now he is a singleton, but gets outside time to play with the dogs and cats.
His little quirk is not using the litterbox, even though i KNOW he knows how to use it, and that hes supposed to.
My baby boy Draco had it.
He is gone now. As they age they will experience health problems unlike the others.
They need more attention and more understanding. They might seem like their little light bub is dim upstairs but they have different wants and needs then the others will.
They are loving, sweet, gentle, caring and very needy.
In the end she will pass away faster then the others...keep her checkups frequent and thorough. Look for gastrointestinal problems and tumors.
Most importantly, love her every day.😞
Nawww lil sprectrum nugget😢❤❤
please don’t compare something to autism when you clearly don’t understand what autism is.
It was a simple comparison to help people understand that have issues with social cues and get overwhelmed easily
She's beautiful
Bless you sweetheart
You poor, sweet noodle.
I hope you will overcome your ailment somehow and enjoy the little life you have been given regardless of it.
aww
I had a little big guy named Jack (after Jack Sparrow, due to his wobbly walking, haha) who looked just like Mochi and had the same syndrome. Sweet beans!
Now I know why I relate to mochi so much
My baby nibbler has waardenburg. He is the sweetest little boy. He doesn't eat meat or ferret treats freezdried or otherwise. I've tried all kinds of meats and treats for over a year, and he prefers what I call nibby soup. Warm water, crushed ferret chow and duk soup. His sister Leela loves shrimp and freeze-dried treats. She also enjoys her warm soup too. 🥰
My step-dad has this too
Stef Sanjati has a good video on Waardenburg as she and a few family members have it
When I first heard of this I immediately thought of autism and as an autist myself I feel connected with this ferret
I want a Ferit or two as pets now they are just little chaos noodles!!!!
I need to give them a hug I have never related so much some thing in my life
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We all need emotional support nuggets😊
as an autistic person i would love to have a ferret like this
Das a baby! Me want snuggle!
She's a cutie
People get it too!
I found it difficult to simultaneously read the text while listening to you say something different. It would be better to have the text on the screen be the same as the words you're saying!
An autistic ferret ... ... Finally ... My animal spirit
She's so cute! I didn't know ferrets got Waardenberg syndrome; does she have hearing loss?
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Humans can be born with Waardenburg syndrome. Like there is an e-celeb I was a big fan of for a long time who talked about how it effects her.
I've heard of this. Unfortunatly I know very little about it. From people who have had Wardy ferrets it presents a bit differently then in humans which is why I always tey to point out its ferret Waardenburg because 1) I don't know about the human kind and 2) I try to make sure people realize what I'm saying isn't about Waardenburg in general just specifically the ferret version
@@FuffyFerrets then just talk about the ferrets. you don’t really need to compare things to autism on a whim. i don’t think it’s malicious but it’s frustrating as an autistic person to constantly see everything compared to us when there’s little to compare in the first place.
my girlfriends ferret has it too and is my child though since she loves me
Huh. A ferret having Waardenburg Syndrome. Never thought of it, but humans have it so of COURSE a ferret can.
I feel you mochi-bean.
Legally blind
That's too bad for that little baby. I've had at least six ferrets passed away from adrenal gland cancer so I know very well how septical these little guys are
Aww this is so cute
Me too, Mochi.
That is so sad😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😥😥
I think I need about four of them.
🥺she jus like me fr fr
Humans can have it too lol
She is very blessed to have you both🥰❤️ but I'm sure you'd say the same about her
I knew there was a reason I identified with Mochi 🥰
Aw, she's a VVaardie.
Can you get Wardie rats? I think one of my Charos potatoes has this, anyone know?
I wonder if the introversion is simply due to the other synonyms. Not being able to hear or see very well might make socialising more difficult.
One of my ferrets are def😢
My brother has that syndrome. He's 26 and I take care of him. Bless the fuzzy
Good lord just say the ferrets artistic and get on with it
I never thought i could relate to a ferret like dis 🥺 lil autistic ferret 💕
😮ho no😢😭😭😭🙏
Poor mochi
I have to ask, how many ferrets do you have??
Omg im so sorry
Are you using dry pasta as your bedding???
I think she only uses the dry pasta for play. She has kind of like a bin full of it, kind of like jumping into a ball pit.
How did you find out she has WS? She is very pretty.
Aww poor mochi I bet it's hard to have waardenburg syndrome
Does anyone know the song?
very late but it's called lullaby waltz by sushi Tuesdays
Can I have an emotional support Nugget too?
poor little monchi :'(