>... I brought this sweet little female home with me to see if I could find >a home for her. She had a very strong oder, not like my other ferrets, >even after bathing. I have had her for a month now without any luck >finding her a home. We are falling in love with her, even though I cannot >afford another ferret. One day, I was playing with her, scratching her >belly, she likes this alot, and I noticed she doesnt have a scar from >spaying. Then I looked at her tattooed ear. She only has ONE dot, not >two. She was never spayed. I called the vet and he wants 95 dollars for >this procedure. Well ... if she has one dot in her ear - she has ahd SOME procedure done. Seeing as she has an odor, I guess she is spayed, but not descented. My vet often spays my ferrets (as older kids) and makes a *very* small incision. I am talking just big enough for the tiny uterus and overies to come out. He also stitches them in a way that you can hardly feel the scar tissue. He stitches so there are no large outer stitches and then he uses surgical glue on them. I have had to SHAVE BELLIES to see the incision mark on a gew "look-alike" girls (one I kept whole for breeding & one I spayed). That was the only way I could find out! I suggest taking her into the vet to have him help you figure out if she is spayed or not. Amy Flemming [log in to unmask] Flemming Farms - Michigan, USA Breeding for Quality Ferrets American, Australian, German, and New Zealand bloodlines Come see us at http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/9521 [Posted in FML issue 2788]