To anon, what you are describing is a ferret, for the past 10 or so weeks he has been with his own species or other animals and its the human that is the odd one out. You have to gain his trust and show him that you can be part of his pack Tony, SMWR inc. NHFA Site founder, manager, moderator. http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/index.html http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/house-ferrets = http://communities.msn.com/UKHouseFerretsSmallPetsAssociation/ Member of http://communities.msn.co.uk/MyNorwegianFerretFamily Articles written for National Magazine, http://www.redpublishing.net/paws/ The views expressed in these postings are my own. Any one who wishes to reuse this should use it in its entirety [Posted in FML issue 3728]