Thanks to everyone who responded to my question as to whether you can use Advantage on ferrets. It turns out that Sitra does not have fleas. Yay! I think it was simply a case of dry skin. I gave her a little more ferretone every day and she has stopped itching entirely. But anyways, Sitra is about 8 weeks old. I've had her for 2 weeks thus far, and in that time span, I have *possibly* heard her "chuckle" or "dook" (I call it "the happy noise") only once. And I could even be mistaken on that one occurance! I've heard her hiss many times (sometimes just out of the blue, while she's wandering around the apartment!), I've heard her whimper (usually when she wants to get out of her cage), and I've heard her yell or scream (usually when I'm trying to take something away from her). Why haven't I heard her dook yet? I would imagine she's happy here, since she has a huge cage, 5 different toys, and free reign of most the apartment when someone's home. I've been spending almost all of my free time cuddling and loving her. So aside from the fact that she has possibly never made the happy noise, she seems like a very happy fert. I am very confused. Maybe she's just not a vocal animal or maybe she's actually unhappy here. Could she be sad because she doesn't have any ferret siblings to play with anymore? I was considering getting another baby to be her playmate.. Well, I don't know what to think of this situation. If anyone can make sense out of it, please e-mail me or post a response. A worried Amber and *supposedly* 5 happy babies [Posted in FML issue 3178]