Hi A friend recommended a vet to talk to about the blue/black ears. He was familiar with the fact that Ortena eardrops could cause tissues of the ears to die and drop off! For all my swedish friends who are concered about this, this vet is gonna write a recommondation to SVA that the drops shall not be used on ferrets( and only on cats when infected as well as mites) My darling albino guess lost his chance to a second try to win the contest of 'largest ears'( he came second last spring) sigh..and I loved to kiss thoose beautiful ears( all the other ferrets agree). Little Otto who is not that bad will still loose a bit off the ear, the other two got through witout any defects, guess that's because they are not as sensitiveas albinos and silver Georgia; you asked if the part shouldn't be removed, I asked the vet and he said there was no chance off spreading( well I messure the defected part twice a day anyway). At the moment I just wanna take a flight to England and kick the =2E..#@=A4.. of Pitman-Moore, if you know what I mean. I gave the local pet-hospital a hard time this morning, hard when the nurse sounded just as upset as me...... Tomorrow I'll be happy again knowing they all survived and are healthy that's all that really matters, isn't it ? Take care and thanks for the support Helen, Wilma, Tod, Hubert( now called soldier Blue) & Otto [Posted in FML issue 1752]