Howdy All: In response to the post below: >I mean a new color. They're both sable males; Rocko is more towards >brown/dun, and Randall is closer to black. Both of them now have a >sort of coppery/cinnamon hue coming into their coats in spots - it's >hard to tell, but it may be in the underlayer of fur, and not the guard >hairs (could be wrong on that). Just wondering if they're weird in >this; they're weird little ferrets in general! :) ----This might be caused by the often-observed "orange crusties" on the surface of the skin. One way to tell for sure is to get a look at the skin surface in the colored regions, and look for orangish spots. For whatever reason, this causes the underfur in the area to turn a light cinnamon or yellow color as well. Dave and "the girls" [Posted in FML issue 0947]