>From:    Al Wiebe <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Ear markings
>Last evening, by chance, I happened to notice two approximately 1-2m
>millimeter-in- diameter dots on the right ear of one of my fuzzies.  They
>seem too well placed to be part of any ear coloration.  They are dark in
>color, perhaps a shade of blue?  Do these have any significance?
 
Yep.  Those are the tattoos that mean your ferret was bred at Marshall
Farms.  The dots mean that s/he was neutered and descented.
 
I am posting this to the FML for any other new ferret owners who don't know
what the tattoos are.
 
Kim and The Dynamic Duo
[Posted in FML issue 2450]