Hello, I am an owner of 4 ferrets. I received my fourth ferret, Sparkles, from somebody at my work place. Sparkles loves my other three ferrets and they all love her too. Sparkles is about 2 and a half years old. I have had Sparkles now for 5 months. The only problem I have with her is that she bites and is sometimes very aggressive. I have trained her how to do everything else including using the litter box. But I cannot seem to train her not to bite. Whenever Sparkles bites, I always scruff her and look her in her eyes and say "NO!" Then I put her in her cage for about 10 minutes for a little "time out." But this does not seem to be working. Sparkles gets overly excited very easily. As it looks like she is very happy, she is always dancing in front of me back and fourth. Then, when she gets really excited, she will bite and will turn very aggressive. After she bites, I try to catch her to punish her, but she always bites my hand while trying to grab her. I have to struggle to get ahold of her. I just don't know why Sparkles bites so often. I have trained my other three ferrets to never bite. I cannot get through to Sparkles. I do not want to get rid of her because of this matter. I am always holding her trying to love her and talk very nicely to her. She just does not understand that biting is not allowed. If anybody has any advice, please don't hesitate to email me. I love Sparkles very much, and don't want to have to give her away. Thank you very much, Shane And the crew: Joe, Jack, Jill and Sparkles [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 3462]