Here's my statistical sample of two again-- I'm certainly a lot further north than many of those who have observed their ferrets "blowing out" their coats, but my two are currently shedding basically the same way cats do, evenly but profusely (she looks down at her black shirt with chagrin-- someday I'll buy one of those lint roller thingies. And then the ferrets will have something new to steal). So I don't know if latitude is the only factor in how a ferret sheds. Just my two scents worth :-) Regina and the amazing fur generators [Posted in FML issue 1536]