>I was wondering if anyone knows of breeders or otherwise that would notch >ferret ears. I have a foster baby in my care who has no tattoos but has >a noticeable notch in her left ear. At first I dismissed it as being a >scar from an old battle wound. However, recently I was visiting with >another ferret lover, she showed me her baby that has a notched ear. >It was the same mark and in the same position on the left ear. It made >us both wonder if anyone knows where they might have come from to have >such similar markings (both our notched babies were rescues with "no >history"). Stephanie I wonder if this had anything to do with the ferrets possibly being from a lab - I've had some that came in from Walter Reed Memorial Hospital and they had metal ear tags - if they were removed or got caught, it is possible that it may have torn the ear flap and created the notch... I am not aware of any breeders or farms that notch an ear...HTH Lisa Leidig, Head Ferret The Ferret Haven "By-the-Sea" www.ferrethaven.org [Posted in FML issue 4268]