>From: Marion Houle <[log in to unmask]> >The problem - ever since Bartles had his adrenalectomy, he has started >displaying the most bizarre behaviour. Are you ready for this? He is >trying to have sex with his brother Jaymes. A friend of mine (who, at the time, also had three male ferrets) experienced this several years ago, though there was no adrenalectomy involved and the ferret in question -- Homer -- was slightly younger than your Bartles. You didn't mention the age of the other "involved" ferret but if the pattern fits, Homer was the youngest of the three; also, this behavior did not fit Homer's personality -- he was always the shy one. We never did figure out why he was doing this but after several months, the behavior went away and never resurfaced. >From: Nancy Brenny <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: MF Tooo Young! >I work at a pet store that sell Marshal Ferrets and out of the last three >batches we have had problems. The first ferret was shipped too young and >we had to put cortaid on her rear end because the harder food that she had >eaten on the way. The next problem we have had was a little black eyed >white that was not even weaned from its mother. We are feeding her a milk >like product used for feeding baby animals. I was wondering if anyone else >has had this problem. Again, the same friend special ordered a Marshall ferret (also a black-eyed white) less than a month ago who was not ready to be removed from his mother (she was told that he was 6 weeks old). I'm sure that the stress of being shipped across the country to the eastern Iowa area -- first by plane and then by truck and, finally, by car -- and a new home within the course of 12 hours added to this, but that little fuzz baby screamed at the top of his lungs (except when sleeping) for a full day or two. He was also a biter during those first few days, but once he settled down he was -- and is -- the sweetest little thing. It doesn't sound like he was as young as the ferret you describe, but we definitely felt that he was a little on the young side. -- Andy, Tripod Bob, & Lily [Posted in FML issue 3014]