Re: Archenemy
They would almost certainly have their own hospitals, or at least ones with a were-sympathetic human in charge. I'm guessing that it would be very difficult to keep a baby were secret in a regular hospital - shapeshifting is probably something that you wouldn't have much control over during your early years. Baby weres would likely shift back and forth quite a bit, according to their moods - controlling this trait would be something that their parents would have to teach them, like potty-training, only more drastic. Young weres that have trouble controlling their shapeshiting would likely have much the same reputation as chronic bedwetters. Basically, yes, I'd say that when they're human, they're completely human - otherwise, they'd have a really difficult time of fitting into normal human society. They'd probably have some sort of identifying mark - for example, one of the traditional ways of distinguishing a werewolf in his human form is really bushy eyebrows that merge together. Perhaps one of the signs of puberty for a young male were is not simply that he starts growing stubble; his eyebrows also start to grow together, and he has to shave the area between them. This would probably vary between different types of were - perhaps weretigers, for instance, have little facial hair except for a mustache-like pattern on either side of the lips that grows stiff and prickly, like a cat's whiskers. Teeth might also be a factor for some - werecrocodiles might have unusually large ones, for instance, and wererats, of course, would most likely have pronounced (and unusually pointy) buck teeth. I'm not quite getting the reference to Shroeder's werecat.