Hello! One of our ferrets, who is nice and lots of fun, has bitten in unusual circumstances. The first bite which was last year, our nieces and nephews were visiting, and our oldest nephew (14) asked if he could sit and play with the ferrets. Since he was older, we told him it was alright. As soon as our backs were turned, he talked his sister into getting into the room with him to play with ferrets. She's 13. He also talked her into putting Olive into her pantleg. Unfortunately, Olive doesn't like to crawl into pantlegs, so she got scared. Our niece started to shriek and then Olive took 3 large bites out of her leg which were quite bloody and bruised. That was totally out of character for her. Last week, we had some friends over with their children, and I was holding Olive because the kids are too young for them to hold them on their own without squishing them, and their youngest child (1-1/2) just started making noises while she was walking around and they were a little screechy. All of a sudden, Olive started shaking and tried to attack, and she grabbed my wrist with a full juicy bite!!!!! She drew blood and I still have a scab. Luckily I was holding her and not one of our friends. So we figured it must have been the screechy sounds she doesn't like. And that most likely is what happened with our niece and nephew. Now for the question: Has anyone had any similar situations with screechy sounds and ferrets just going nuts and start attacking and biting? She also HATES squeaky toys. We accidentally bought a couple when we thought they were hollow, so we threw them away, but when they squeaked, she also attacked the toys. Any ideas? A Snappy Happy Day Wish To You!! Anne Marie [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 3225]