Hi Barret. My name is Mikette, I'm a first ferret too (-: When I was a year old my Mommy got a second kit. I loved that little baby right from the start! Then 6 months later we got a third ferret, Jillie, from a shelter. I don't know what my Mommy had been thinking. I was NOT happy! I had to tell this new ferret (who was big like me) that I was the boss. I bit her on the neck all the time to remind her. I was making Jillie sad (sorry Jillie) and Mommy upset. But I couldn't help it. I really hated her smell too, she smelled so different from being at the shelter. Mommy would switch our bedding a lot to get our scents familiar and mixed up. But I still didn't like that stinky Jillie. Sometimes Mom would put ferret deoderant on Jillie and I to help us smell the same. That helped but only for a little while at a time. Mommy learned to clean Jillie's ears well, cause thats where a lot of her different stink was coming from. Finally she tricked me and put ferretone on her neck. Boy was I conflicted. I didn't know whether to bite her or kiss her. That really worked. I'll do a lot of things for that yummy ferretone. Now me and Jillie is great buddies! That was almost a year ago, (hey our anniversary is coming up!) and we've been snuggling ever since. Good luck with your little pal there. [Posted in FML issue 3484]