Hi, You know I really gotta agree with what Lynn said about the albino ferrets. I too did not much care for the idea of having a little ruby eyed albino fert. I never went looking for that specifically but I did try to look for ferts advertised for sale that were in bad home-life situations. I just happened across RACY and her brother Lightstar. Lightstar is your basic chocolate sable? but RACY was an albino. She immediately cuddled up and kissed my ear and face when I held her the first time and I fell instantly in love. Lightstar was totally uninterested in me at that point. RACY the sweet dear was totally blind and deaf but she got along perfectly. She could defend herself if needed and perhaps with more of a vengeance than any other fert I've had. But she usually only did that to another fert once just to let them know she would take no crap just because she had what she considered "minor" disabilities. Once she became my daughter I loved her as much as any other fert in my family. At that point her being an albino made her special to me since she was the only one. I then saw her as beautiful because of her personality and her coloring did not really matter. I am glad she was with me tho the time was way too short, only 2 months before she crossed the Rainbow Bridge. ( And thanks to her I have the now loviest ferret on earth, her brother Lightstar) I actually look forward to having another little albino join my family someday. When I see tiny albino kits in the petstore on occasion it is extremely hard not to pull out the plastic and take one home. All albinos now remind me of RACY whom I loved with all my heart and miss dearly every day. So you really might consider going ahead with an albino, or 2 or 3 or ..., you can always find one with the coloring you really wanted later on. Plus you will be giving a ferret a great home that really needs one since no one seems to want these little guys. After all you have to consider ferret math in these cases. I started with 2 planning on never having more than that. It is now 9 months later and I have "10" in residence and RACY makes a total of 11 ferts that have been or are in my family. Like the potatoe chip saying "You can't eat just one" only here it is "You can't just love and care for one"! Just a thought since you so desperately want to have ferret children right away. Good luck whatever you decide. Kelleen & The INSANE Animal House [Posted in FML issue 1476]