Hi you guys! :-D Hope you all doing ok, humans and fuzzies (and that the sick ones are getting better!) I had tried posting about the problems I ve been having with the fuzzies here (first two not accepting the new one, many vicious bites and screams and A-bombs turning my apartment into a skunk cave!!!! LOL!) but I guess the post was so huge that didn t go in! I just gotta learn how to be straight to the point! I had tried everything from the 4 books I ve read from cover to cover (including wonderful Ferrets For Dummies), from the net and from archives and people here so far Logan has stopped picking on the baby but Leeloo s still very aggressive (hard bites but no puffed tails!). Things are getting better so I ll just hang in here and hope they start liking each other with time I love the new kit too much already to even think of returning her to the shelter! (which was what the shelter lady suggested I do) Any TIPS on what else to try when introducing ferrets would be greatly appreciated!!! We really still need HELP!!! What I tried: (they were introduced on neutral ground and the kit s healthy) keeping them apart first, washing EVERYTHING, bathing all 3, cleaning ears, scruffing and grounding the biters, supervising interaction, playing and giving tons of attention to all 3, smearing good stuff on the kit s neck to encourage licking instead of biting I know this subject comes up a LOT but all of you experienced ferret- humans know how frustrating it is, especially on the very first trouble- introduction! THANK YOU all so much in advance! This has been going on for over a WEEK now, and I m with them pretty much day and night, and it s robbing me of sleep I would love not to have to be breaking up fights all the time or having to separate any of them (which means someone won t be running around free! over here nobody s ever caged, I got two small rooms they can stay when I m not home but when I m here even all night they have the whole house). I sure hope it won t take MONTHS like I hear it might! Help! :-( So I wanted to present you the new owner of my heart, little 3-month- old cutie little SALMA!!! I guess the color is called Champagne, or is it Cinnamon (anyone knows?!) I know it s just another name for another variation of a very light Sable (I think she s soooo cute lookin ! My first kit!!!) She s soooo sweet, always following me around, plays and dances so cute, poops 95% of the time on the right places, and has only bitten me because she has this problem around FOOD! (and not simple food, only the good stuff, like the pieces of meat I feed them daily!). I m pretty sure little Salma came a bit traumatized from the Shelter, which might be one of the reasons Logan and Leeloo haven t accepted her yet (she hisses at them even when they re just walking by! And some of her baby noises seem to piss them off big time!). Her neck was full of bite marks and since she goes CRAZY near meat I think she was the underdog of the shelter She s changed a lot though, trusting and cuddling much more and hissing less and less. Oh, and if anyone also has any ideas of how to make little Salma CALM DOWN around food (so I don t lose any fingers!), that d be REALLY NICE too! (thanks!) If you want to see a photo of little Salma that d make us happy as well You can just go to: http://cperth.vila.bol.com.br/salmae.htm I m so happy and excited that this wonderful and mysterious phenomenon of FERRET MATH has finally hit me!!!!! :-D Take care then, and big hug and dooks to you all! Chris, Logan, Leeloo and the newbie little SALMA!!! [Posted in FML issue 3559]