To comment on Debbie R's post on the 16-17th of August: There is the bulldog look in ferrets - shorter nose length in relation to where the eyes and the ears are set, and the bull dog Effect - which has not really been seen in ferrets - nose flat with the face as in the buldog dog and the persian cat. These animals suffer from tooth allignment and breathing problems. Ferrets with a shorter, rounder, stockier face are not being bred to shorten it any further. In fact, males come in three classes - whippet, standard and buldog. Females only come as standard and whippet - I have never seen a true bulldog female, though onne of Schultz's girls ure is about as close as they come.... I have never had a snaggle tooth ferret bred in or out of my line, but I have seen shelter ferrets, with normal or whippet sized heads, with the tooth problem. There could be a lot more than the head shape to effect this. Pam [Posted in FML issue 1295]