>From: Al Wiebe <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Ear markings >Last evening, by chance, I happened to notice two approximately 1-2m >millimeter-in- diameter dots on the right ear of one of my fuzzies. They >seem too well placed to be part of any ear coloration. They are dark in >color, perhaps a shade of blue? Do these have any significance? Yep. Those are the tattoos that mean your ferret was bred at Marshall Farms. The dots mean that s/he was neutered and descented. I am posting this to the FML for any other new ferret owners who don't know what the tattoos are. Kim and The Dynamic Duo [Posted in FML issue 2450]