To the poster that stated kits are born naked, I have to disagree. The kits are born with a very soft light coat of fur that the pink skin shows through. To someone just glancing in or someone that doesn't handle the kits from the first day they may seem to be naked, but they really aren't. From the very first day I had my hands on those babies and they have a very soft velvety feel to the fur. My girls were very happy to have me check on their babies and allowed sisters and brothers and fathers and the dogs to do the same. We were always just one big happy family. It was funny to watch my german shepherd clean each and every baby with his large soft tongue and then have momma ferret have to do it all over again because the babies smelled like dog. I think we had the cleanest babies around. :-) As much as I love baby ferrets I felt responsible for each and every life that passed through my hands. It was for this reason that I quit breeding and switched to rescue. With the last litter I kept 4 of the girls and had everyone spayed. A few months later Nikki was neutered. Since then our family has grown and all are altered. Hugs to all. tle [Posted in FML issue 2420]