Question: How do you train a ferret not to do something when you can't allow
him to commit the infraction in order to be punished for it?  Okay, here's
the problem.  Our Mithril has a nipping problem.  She's trying to reform,
but she really has a thing for strangers, faces, and kids.  Yesterday, I was
snoozing in my bed, and I awoke to find her attached to my nose.  I quick
scruffed her before she could roll over (Mithy likes the "alligator" moves),
but I couldn't get her detached for the longest time.  Plugging her nose
didn't work, and all I could think was "Gee, how am I going to explain
having a ferret attached to my nose at work tomorrow?" Finally, I pried her
little mouth open and freed myself.  I admit I shook her.  She knew I was
mad.  But I can't let her bite my nose again to reinforce the idea that she
should not do it.  What can I do?
 
Don't you guys DARE laugh at me!  I heard that!  Grrr...
 
-Catherine, whose nose looks like it has been stapled
[Posted in FML issue 1694]