Hi Everyone! :-D Hope you all doing ok, fuzzies and humans. I m just so curious about how vocal most fuzzies usually are! I ve checked on the archives and did see some posts about different noises, but most places I read (including books) make it seem like ferrets mostly dook / chuckle / chatter (while playing or fighting), hiss, squeak and so on and all that only occasionally. Is there any particular post or a place I read up on all different noises a fuzzy can make?!!!!! :-o I d love to know all the right terms/names for each noise too! (what they mean we can usually guess right) since so many people describe sounds differently Does anyone know what makes a fuzzy more vocal than another? (dumb question, I know) Is it only a personality thing or something related to the ferret s past experiences (when real young). From the posts I read here it doesn t seem to have anything to do with them being this or that color or about their gender (??!!) It did say something about teenager ferrets being more vocal does it mean as they grow older they become more queit?! (hope not!!!) I m very interested in this since I think Logan is VERY vocal!!! (especially in comparison to Leeloo, who only dooks when she s playing/dancing or chatters when Logan s pinning her down) I supposed hissing is what Logan s doing most (does not sound like a cat nor a squeak and I ve heard squeak from Leeloo once, that s not it), it s usually very loud and to me (and to otherw who ve heard it) it sounds like a bird, like a HAWK or something (anyone knows what I mean?!!!!). If that s the right word then Logan s mainly a huge hisser ! Hissing at anything and anyone that does something he doesn t agree with, hissing when he wants something and is impatient, hissing when he sees something weird he even gives half-hisses , cutting as if mid- sentence (like one time I was waving some piece of clothing next to him that he and Leeloo love dancing away from or jumping towards to attack and the thing startled him and as he turned around to see what it was he started his usual loud hisses but when he saw it was only me he stopped, really cut in half it was actually very funny). So Hisses when he s angry, scared, annoyed, even when he s playing! (even though he dooks sometimes too). What I find interesting though is not that he s doing that the whole time (since I m always talking to them Leeloo ends up being the different one in the family, she s so quiet! and she s not deaf), but because he also (besides from hissing + dooking): -always makes some whimpering noises when he s up leaning his cute head on my shoulder and I m petting him (it actually sounds like some very soft MUMBLING it s really cute, like he s saying stuff yes, go ahead and laugh! It s just tiny little grunts and moanings mixed, not at all like a doggie or any other creatures I ve dealt with before!) -he gives little grunts when eating - and right when he gets a big chunk of food he starts some loud whistling (like those humans do with air between their front teeth!) and I take that s a sign he s sayin it s mine get away! because every time he makes this loud whistles he takes off with the piece of food in his mouth to hide or eat somewhere! -ok, he coughs and sneezes too (which sometimes scare the crap out of me so LOUD!!!) -he makes noises when he dreams too (in his sleep), even little snores! The ferret-dreaming is SO CUTE! (Seen it a couple of times even with Leeloo) Front paws digging at invisible dirt, noses moving, moaning and so on Logan s also the one who FREAKS OUT with certain squeaky noises (he loves to hide and is incredibly protective of his favorite squeaky toy, and whenever he s frustrated after a long play in which Leeloo tormented him too much he rushes to the toy and bites it a whole bunch of times shaking his head stress relief??!!!). My boyfriend once was whistling and Logan attacked him, bit real hard! If he sees something that s making an annoying noise Logan either attacks the object (or person, in my boyfriend s case) but if he doesn t recognize the object to be what s making the noise then he goes for the person who s holding the thing (Logan s real cuddly and nowadays only nips when something weird or really annoying happens to him). Could there be any connection with Logan being so talkative and him being the one who s more affected by noised too?!!! (only noise Logan and Leeloo react to the same way is to plastic bags ) Anyway, I d also love to hear from other fuzzies who maybe did the these sorts of noises or any other weird noises, anyone?! :-) WHAT would these noises that Logan makes be called anyway?! Any info would be greatly appreciated! (you can mail me here or directly) :-D Sorry this is huge again, but I ve been so curious about them cute noises for so long!!! Big hug to you all, Chris, Leeloo & Logan [Posted in FML issue 3545]