>From: "Michael F. Janke" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Athens PA breeder >These ferrets give new meaning to the term "biters" and we can fully >understand why the pet shop kept these babies in the back, away from >customers and their curious fingers. I'm curious about this breeder and how they mark their kits. Our local pet store got some ferts in a few months ago (from PA) that exhibited the exact behaviour you described. We've since had two come into our halfway house (one because of the biting, one was abandoned in an apt). Both have gotten much better (don't bite me, but bite my fiancee) isnce they came into our care. The both have a hot-pink tatoo inside the front of their right ear lobe. Is this characteristic of this breederm another breeder, or a non-diagnostic tatoo for a breeder? -Erin... |=======================================================================| |/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ eennis(at)zoo,uvm,edu is... /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/| |\/ Mr. Erin M. Ennis, Water Resources Major, University of Vermont /\| |/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/| |\/\/\/\/\/\*** VISIT http://www.upstartmagazine.com ***/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Posted in FML issue 2234]