>From: Karri Knutson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: questions about my 11 month old Hob Sounds like he indeed is in rut. You might have to seperate him while in rut, or neuter him. Your vet can clean all of that off his teeth. It would be a very good idea. Some ferrets teeth just get dirtier than others. >From: Julie Dowdy <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Random ferret questions >Do ferret litters have `runts'? Sometimes. But they aren't always small and sickly their whole lives. The jills will often set aside some they choose not to care for. Sometimes you can save them. Sometimes you can't. But some ferrets are just smaller than others. >Cinnamon colored ferrets: are they just a `Oh, it came out this color' or >do you have to specifically breed for colors? The BEST breeders watch the colors. Way too much of the American ferret population has the Waardenburg gene in it over some not being willing to pay attention to color. Cinnamon is really champagne. A heterozygous albino/full color and a homozygous chocolate. This is also called a dilution of chocolate. >Ferret nipples: [...] Why are they there on males? All mammals have nipples. It has to do with when sexual differentiation takes place pre-natally in relationship to other development. diane and bill -- bill and diane killian zen and the art of ferrets http://www.zenferret.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2974]