Okay there are two breathy noises ferrets make. One is a "he-he" sound when they are excited. Another is an actual hiss. I have wavs of both sounds at: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/wm.html that one has some hissing on it Hissing can be used as a "back off" kinda of sound that most ferrets never back up with any overt actions. Some ferrets do it while they play and are excited. http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/allergies.html At the bottom of this page, there is a button to push to hear one of my ferrets doing the "hehe" asthmatic/darth vader thing, ... which is kinda like the way ferret "laughs". Wolfy Please visit: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/ for information on ferret deafness: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/deaf.html [Posted in FML issue 3636]