purplecapricorn (nice to meet fishbone's wife! :-) ) ours is a Champagne Mink and, yes, he was such a pale color when we got him. He started darkening as he aged, like yours. That's what they all do, but I really loved his pale color when he was little. When he was a baby he had his facial point color only on his nose, but now his entire face is dark. His body also darkened from that initial very pale color. He is very beautiful though.
This is from one Tonk site: "Natural Mink Tonks all have aqua coloured eyes (not blue like Siamese) - they are the only cat with that colour eye. Pointed Tonks have bright blue eyes (sky blue to violet) and Solid Tonkinese have chartreuse eyes (green-gold to yellow-green). Their colour deepens (both coat and eyes) and finally matures at about 18 months to 2 years old."
Ours has the aqua eyes. I'll look for your post of your Tonk's photos in the cat forum when you are ready (maybe send me a message?)
Sorry, Fishbone, we've taken over your Columbian Tegu post to talk about cats! ;-)
Victor, I was very young when I met mom's uncle when he came up to Michigan for a visit. He lived in Florida and we never went there to visit him or see his pet fox. I don't know for sure where he kept his fox, but I'm thinking he had it in the house like a cat or dog. I wish I knew more about it - I just remember him showing me a picture of it. He's long dead now (both uncle & fox).
I read people do keep Fruit and Flying Fox bats as pets, but it's not widely recommended as a pet. Probably not a good idea, but still pretty cool if you're able to handle such an animal!
