Excerpts from mail: 16-Feb-95 FERRET Digest - 14 Feb 1995.. by Automatic processor@CUNY > 1. All 4 or my girls have the two blue dots on their ears, but the two > pet stores I bought them from both are supplied only by a breeder not > far from here. The breeder confirmed that they were the supplier of > each of the stores. Are these blue dots supposed to be exclusively > Marshal Farms? All the kits there have the dots. ?? I used to know a ferret breeder in this area (Pittsburgh) and they'd "sell" their kits to Marshall Farms for $1 each and then buy them back for a discounted spay/neuter price (much lower than local vets were charging). I suspect other breeders may be doing the same thing (or maybe this is the same breeder, I dunno). The name of the people I spoke with was Fetter. I got my Skittles from a pet store which sold their ferrets. (And she's around 7 years old, has never lost her hair and is still in good health) --Barb-- [Posted in FML issue 1108]