on 12/30/03 2:00 AM, Kim wrote:
>I have learned that they are responding as a protective instinct because
>they associate the sound with a ferret being hurt.
 
I wonder about this myself.  My Miss Delilah, who was a sweety pea,
would literally try to tear my hand apart when I used a squeaky toy.
She didn't try to take the toy, she would try to bite me.  If I moved
the toy to the other hand, she would still attack the hand that held it
when it "cried."
 
Most of my ferrets would only come to a toy, maybe stare at me squeaking
it.  But Miss DD would just go nuts.
 
Blessings,
Maggie
[Posted in FML issue 4378]