>Does anyone know how well ferrets and chinchillas get along, or even if >they do? Not well at all, FME. We bred chinchillas (well - we had pets that sometimes had a baby or two) and we had two ferrets. Their cages were close to each other (the ferrets in the bathroom - free roam in a LARGE bathroom) and the chins were in the hallway in their cages (we had 4 total - 3 males and a female). Well the chins opened their cage somehow and got out. We didn't know it and we let the ferrets out in the rest of the house. We put them back in the bathroom and then closed the door. About an hour later, we found the chin cage open. We found one boy, but not the other. My husband (then boyfriend) looked downstairs and I looked upstairs. Then we opened the bathroom door. The chin boy (Smokey) was in there dead. There was blood on the walls where the Smokey had jumped in panic. It was just horrifying. Further examination found that Smokey was bleeding from the nose only (had smacked himself pretty hard jumping) and he didn't have any puncture marks on him at all. I think the ferrets just wanted to play with him and being that ferrets and chins are like predator and prey, Smokey was scared literally to death. IMO - not a good combination. Fine to have both creatures - but not to mingle. Also - I would not cage them where the chins can smell the ferrets, either. Kind of like having your boss read over your shoulder 24/7. [Posted in FML issue 3296]