hi again i went to vet today and when i got there buddy was shedding the yellow! i went ahead and got the culture done anyway. so i took some pics for you to see what you all thought when i got home hope i get the pic thing right this time... but as you see his tail still has that black stuff on it. oh well guess we wil see in 20 days or so. [Edited on 16/12/2002 by Axe]