Most attacks by pets are related to the pets being neglected or abused, but I simply don't have time to also look up the authoritative articles on that. Could people, please, do internet searches at places like the ASPCA and humane societies to find the URLs for such articles and post there on the list so that people can use those in their letters, too. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html [Posted in FML 6486]