hi. i've had mollie since april. she was VERY little when we got her, (petsmart) 6 or 7 weeks. when i used to give her chewy stars, she would grab them and scream really loud if we moved a little while we handed them to her. occasionally, if we were giving her ferretone on a finger, and we moved our fingers a little bit, she would clamp down HARD on the finger and scream. that was a long time ago, and she gradually got out of that sort of behavior. other than playing carefully, she's not much of a biter. so 2 times in the past 4 days, she has clamped down HARD on someone's finger. once on her daddy, and once on my friend paul. there is no food involved, and there is no provocation, and she holds on and SCREAMS. she was stuck on over a minute both times. once we pry her mouth open (of course we're careful- but water doesnt work nor does scruffing her or (very gently) grabbing her whisker. is this strange? i've had ferrets when i was young, and none ever behaved like that. my other 2 dont do it either. someone told me that ferrets taken away from their mother sometimes behave strangely. other than this behavior, mollie is the best behaved ferret ever. i'm perplexed. i dont know if the screaming is indicative of something is wrong, or if she's just scared for some strange reason. when it happens, once she lets go, i usually hold her and kiss her while the "victim" cleans up all of the blood (i'm not kidding- this last time, she drew A LOT of blood!). any ideas? -lalisa [Posted in FML issue 3601]