Response to Kathy: You are going to get some excellent advice and help on this. I just wanted to let you know that I cannot press a squeaky toy with some of my ferrets without them going wild. They panic and bite. Maybe the noise sounds like a ferret being tortured. I have no idea. But it sounds like you have a ferret that cannot stand a squeaky toy noise. You will have to stop doing that. That is easy enough to do! A ferret pooping after it bites may well mean it feels sheer terror. When I see that in ferrets playing roughly, I know the animal pooping is very afraid, and the playing has turned into a terrifying event for the ferret. I immediately separate the ferrets involved. My method for stopping a ferret from biting eventually works, but there are perhaps better ideas. I scruff my guy, gently hold the little mouth closed, and kiss the tiny head again and again, and whisper to my little one that I am going to love him no matter what, and that I thank God for him in my life. Then I kiss the little face some more, and set him down. Cheyene would just bite me again when I did that for the longest time. I was queen of Bandaids. I would just scruff and kiss again. Now we have no problems. But it took me over a year. Cheyene was from a shelter, and had been there about 3 years. Even Mini-me has stopped biting me now, and gives kisses!!!!!!! But it took about a year of patience and love, and a lot of Band-Aids here also. This particular animal lived without being tamed or socialized for its first year or so of life. Making little screaming pain noises works for the guys when they rough house a little too much for my skin. Unlike a number of people, I allow play biting, and gently tussle with my guys every morning. You may hear that this is not a good thing to do. This is probably true if others are involved. Here-it is just me, and I can set the limits for all of us since it is just me and a mob of fuzzies. You are VERY lucky to have this problem and be writing about it here. There are a number of experienced people here to help you. If you find this is not true--write about this again. Sometimes we may assume another will help out. Do you know how to scruff-holding the skin at the base of the head along the back? This is important for you to do. It is probably critical for this problem and for trimming nails and cleaning teeth. Lisette [Posted in FML issue 3668]