In the Jewish religion, the children of a Jewish mother are always Jewish,. Hence, since I am female, and Jewish, so are my ferret "children". We do not keep kosher and they all have their tattoos (except for the MF ferret I got from the vet school). I am too chicken to risk the wrath of my family by getting a ferret tattoo, and envy those who are braver than I. I also did the horse show circuit on the Philadelphia Main Line when I was a child and then teenager. I can only image the reaction from "the ladies who lunch" to a tattoo...LOL! Sincerely, Jill Brumley and the Paws to the Wall Gang [Posted in FML 6637]