On 9/6/01, Katie Arthur wrote: >ferret was latched onto my hand for about 5 full minutes. No amount of >trying to pry his jaws open, scruffing him, or anything would work. The quickest way I have found to get a ferret to release from a bite is to place your finger over their nose. 'Over' is the key word. Shari Gunter [Posted in FML issue 3534]