I happened to be wandering through a pet shop in our local mall and noticed the cutest little ferret kit advertised as "neutered and descented" for $129. She was silver and white; a real cutie. The attendent noticed my interest and picked her out of the cage for me to hold and she promptly started gently nursing on my finger. I was in love, but have no room, at present, for another ferret. The thing that interested me was that when I examined her belly, I saw no scars from a spaying. Now, any neutering done on this ferret had to be pretty recent since she was not that old. How are female kits neutered? I've had only males and have kept them intact, so I probably don't know much about these things. Why didn't I see a scar? Is the pet shop trying to put something over on us? BTW, I knew the Sheriff of Nottingham was a nogoodnik as soon as he suggested that ferrets were too dumb to know how to get to London! My fellows could find their ways, anywhere! ;=) Len Bliss Appalachian State University Boone, NC USA [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML 0201]