I'm going to apologize first, because I can't remember the exact name of the magazine, or the month. I didn't post this earlier, as I thought someone else would, but I guess no one else saw it. So, the magazine was called something like "Country Life" or "Country Living," something with Country in the title. My mom gets it and showed me the article. It was from May or June. Anyway, it was by a vet, and was great! The vet talked about common assumptions people make about ferrets that are *wrong*, and gave a list of the states that mistakenly classify ferrets as wild animals. She cautioned would-be owners about the livelyness of ferrets, and gave an unbiased, positive report of them in general. One thing she mentioned is new to me. She stated that the two dots that are in some ferrets ears are put there when the ferret is neutered/spayed and descented. No mention of that MF place. I don't think vets do this, as mine doesn't. It was a bit unclear. Perhaps the "M" place does this to show the surgery was done? But is it only them? Can someone clear this up for me? It was a great article, regardless. When I'm home over the weekend, I'll see if I can locate the magazine. Once again, apologies for vagueness. addie [Posted in FML issue 0887]