Hi everyone! Well, I know its just been a day since I posted all my concerns about getting a new baby - but we did it!! My husband had his heart set on an albino and that's what we got - an 8 week old female albino. She's absolutely beautiful! She's so tiny and bright white (except her belly which has a blondish/yellow cast). Her eyes are red (actually when you look into them they look pink). Her name is Snowball. When I took her home, Salt & Pepper didn't quite know what she was! Salt, our sensitive, always in need of reassurance one seemed a bit hurt. Not that she didn't like her, she just drifted off into a corner (not too far away from us otherwise we wouldn't be able to see her) and layed down with her little head on her paws - I swear she was sulking! She kept looking over every once in a while to make sure we saw her. All this took place over about 4 minutes. Pepper hoovered over top of her for the first hour. Checking her out. While Pepper did that, I spent some time with Salt. Then the baby flipped out of her curious mode and pounced on Pepper and the two started wrestling. Salt poked her nose in every once in a while to check on things but always backed away. Then Pepper took an eating break and the next thing I knew, Salt come bouncing out of a room with Snowball in tow. The two were wrestling and playing just like Pepper and Snowball were! Big sigh of relief. For the rest of the evening we noticed Salt took the big sister role. Whenever Snowball wanted to play Salt would let her tug at any body part without getting irritated. And when she played with her, she always let Snowball win - which you could tell was a show because Salts double the size of the baby! They all snuggled up together and so far everything is going great. I figured that since she can't really jump yet, I'd let them have the run of the place. The baby seems better at the litter box than the other two! Who knows, maybe she'll teach them a thing or two. Does anyone know of any differences with albinos? I've heard that they're more affectionate, but from what I saw yesterday, she had no interest in being held even though when we brought Salt home, she was a snuggler from the get go. My dad asked if she would be sickly since other species albinos tended to be sickly. I really didn't know, so if anyone knows anything about their behaviour or anything else I should know, please pass it on! Thanks, Michelle, Kenny, Salt, Pepper & Snowball [Posted in FML issue 1030]