I had a strange experience with one of my ferrets this afternoon.  They're
a male and female, 11 months old.  Phoebe was a bad biter as a kit but with
alot of training she's now really gentle.  That is until this afternoon.
Her brother Wiggum loves playing with hard rubber squeak toys for dogs.  I
was squeaking one for him and she came running over.  She was all puffed up
and she was dooking.  I thought she wanted to play too.  Instead she tried
to bite my hand.  I thought at first she was trying to get the toy so I
held it out to her and kept squeaking it.  She then jumped up my arm and
bit...hard enough to break the skin.  I stopped squeaking the toy but she
continued to try and bite my arm.  I scruffed her and put her down.  She
then jumped up and clamped onto my tricep with her teeth, breaking the skin
again.  I put her back in her cage and within a few minutes she was totally
normal again.  Anyone have any ideas why she got vicious like that?  Anyone
have any similar experiences?
 
Thanks in advance,
Jeff
[Posted in FML issue 2235]