>From:    shanon &/or Mitch <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: getting a ferret to let go
>I noticed Sheena's way of getting a ferret to let well that wont always work
>I tried that a couple of times also and they just turned and chomped the
>hand that was trying to get her mouth to open.
 
The trick is to get them from behind the head and squeeze their jaws that
way.  Then when they release you are in a good position to scruff, which is
always followed by "Bad ferret!  No biting!"  I've never been caught in a
rebound bite using this method.
 
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[Posted in FML issue 1765]