I, too, have been quietly lurking for a while now gleening all the information possible from previous and current FML's. I recently adopted 2 fuzzies. The only prior experience I have with ferrets is that my fiancee's brother has one (which he's only had for a few months). Anyway, I was curious after reading a posting about tattoos.....do all fuzzies get tattooed for identification or does it depend on the breeder? Also, one of my boys, Onyx, has a tattoo on the back of his right ear - 2 blue dots. Is anyone familiar with this particular tattoo? Can he be identified in any way by the tattoo? Since Onyx and Borax (I'm a geologist in case you wondered about the names) were given to me, I have no papers on them or anything. I dont know when they had previous shots or even how old they are. They were in horribly neglected condition when I took them in. Now they are members of our family and we want only the best for them. Any advice will be gladly accepted and greatly appreciated. :) Shelli at 'the open door for the abandoned and neglected' (as my family says) [Posted in FML issue 2230]