>From: Laura Anderson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: bruised paw >my albino ferret, cleo, has a bruise on one of her paws not the whole paw >but one under neath a claw. any reason? can this put them into danger? Laura... Are you sure it's a bruise? We've noticed that all of our MF ferts have what appear to be tattoos on their back right foot between their toes. I haven't looked lately, but I think that in some cases the tattoo location differed slightly. Could it be some kind of 'hidden' identifier that MF uses to prevent copy-cat tattooers, or a method of marking certain lines or ages (i.e. different toe tattooed every 6 mos or something similar), or am I just crazy? Our vet noticed this on one and proceeded to find the mark on the other two we had with us. -Erin... |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | *** Help Stop the SPAMMING of the Internet! Visit www.cauce.org! *** | |=======================================================================| |/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ eennis(at)zoo,uvm,edu is... /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/| |\/ Mr. Erin M. Ennis, Water Resources Major, University of Vermont /\| |/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/| |\/\/\/\/\/\*** VISIT http://www.upstartmagazine.com ***/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\| ;/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/; |\/\/\/\/\/\ I can't complain but sometimes I still do. Joe Walsh /\/\| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Posted in FML issue 2238]