Hehehe... I ONLY know the answer to this one thanks to Mary (our wonderful shelter mommy here in State College)... My bella was , when I got her sort of a wierd sable silver colour... later I learned her colour is/WAS Silver-Mitt... I have had her for two years and a few months ago I began to notice that her coat was rapidly changing... I was worried about this change, what could it mean? HELP, Mary is it NORMAL for ferrets to CHANGE colour?? yes, she said... especially silver-mitts and she said Bella will probably be a dark eyed white before long... she is now closer to a marked white... but in addition to her changing colour... her fuzzy stuff has gotten MUCH softer!! She is such a sweetie... I dont think it was her diet, or her environment or anything of the sort ( I could be wrong)... I think this change is just a natural occurance in silver-mitts... and to be honest, I LOVE IT!! She was cute before, but now... oh what a cutie-pie! I guess that's it! Bella: Mommy, quit talkin bout me! and i was just fine before this wierd change! Stuey: Bella has some funny hair, bella has some funny hair! *snicker* Yoshi: Stuey, you better quit it! Yer bein a mean head... bella is pretty *kisses bella*. Pugsley: Oh wouldja quit ooin and awein over that little monkey... look at me, look at me!!! Dharma: *lounges*... I will be a movie star someday... and then people will say... "bella who?" and me... peace keeper and guardian of the treats! -Betty OH yeah... and about the ferrets at an inexpensive price! I recently asked a local pet store to lower the price on a ferret (mary its the SAME ferret I called the Animal person about) that now has fleas, is scratching boo boo's on its belly, is in PINE shavings all by herself and she has a feeder with a spout that goes straight DOWN towards the ground (she has to lie on her back to drink) she is a total sweetie but is much older than the "babies" that they continue to get in and is not as desireable as the "babies" so she remains in these aweful conditions... I only have $40$ at this time and the current price is down to $80$... I will have enough to get her on monday ... but i really wanted to give her a "forever home" so she dint have to live like that... and on the flip side... I dont feel like this pet store should profit from the sale of ANY animal that they mistreated... I CAN provide a wonderful, loving home for this ferret but the store (to no surprise) is MUCH more interested in MONEY that the welfare of their pets. I just paid my entire MONTHS bills or I would have had enough money to bring her home today when I realized she was still there... I held her for about a half hour today... she only nipped me once ... (because she had to potty)... I put her back in the tank they have her in... she pottied and hopped right back towards me... I AM going to get this ferret and ONLY because I want to rescue her and because I LIKE her alot... Im going to bring her home on monday but ... I dont think, NO, I KNOW that if the pet store had been willing to allow her to come home with me at half the price I would still provide the BEST life I possibly can for her... I mean the half price would not have given her HALF the love or care... and MY home would have been a MILLION times better for her than that aweful aquarium they have her in now! She would have me... what fuzzy could want more? I know I had a point but I seem to have lost it... maybe one of my fuzzbutts took it to their hidey hole... I'll check and I'll get back to you if I find it! Sorry for rambling! -STILL Betty... hehehe... *snicker* <--- Stuey taught me that! [Posted in FML issue 3190]