Hi.
 
We where sitting last night and talking about our ferrets, and it came up
that Simba, the bigger (but younger) one of the two always bite certain
people.  I think the proper term would be "to hold he's teeth against
someones skin", cause he doesn=B4t try to chew.  He just latches on and
holds it.  And he always lets go if I say "no" with a deep voice.  That
would actually be "Nej" (Swedish) :)
 
Since the fuzzies are both rescues I started a theory that he might have
been abused by someone resembling those people that he bites now... After
thinking about it fore some time we saw a pattern, and the pattern was
biting smokers.
 
Simba hates my mother, as soon as she tries to interact with him, he bites.
 
And she smokes from time to time.  He also latched on to some other people
the other day, and it turned out that they smoke as well.
 
So either he doesn't like the smell of someone who has smoked, or he has
negative memories of that smell.
 
Is there anyone else that has observed this behavior?  My first thought was
that he didn't like the smell.
 
/Mattias
 
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Mattias Lindstrom
Abylundsvagen 241
SE-137 32 Vasterhaninge
Tel: +46-8-50 02 02 10, +46-70-625 40 93
Fax: +46-706 10 40 50
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[Posted in FML issue 3125]