Nothing exciting on TV, so I figured I'd watch a movie I hadn't seen before while "ferreting" through my mail that build up all week. You can imagine my total & complete thrill at the ferret, who has a much more important role in the movie than a 5 second sighting! Amazing how animals always seem to know "good" from "bad" people. I thought the noises that ferret made sounded more like a chipmonk, but the little guys don't "dook" much just from being picked up, so they had to come up with something. Could have been worse. One of my ferrets (P-bear) may have some of this "bulldog" stock in him. I've always known there was something different about him. He has short legs & tail, and he doesn't seem to ever form the upside-down U when running around. His face is noticeably broader than the rest of the ferrets. He's my only biter. He doesn't bite me, but he knows ferret people from non-ferret people and he knows he can't get away with biting ferret people, but tries like heck to bite everyone else! I got him right at 6 months (baby teeth fell out the week I got him), he was abandoned at the vets office. He was not neutered or descented! He is turning 5 years old this spring. He gains mass amounts of weight each winter (doubles+ in weight) and loses it all in the spring. When I got him, he had no problems fitting in with the rest of the gang, but he was the new one. I haven't been able to successfully cage him with any new ferret since then. He grabs them by the neck & I swear he's trying to kill them by how hard he whips their heads/necks around. It's not at all the way any of my others have "worked it out" when introduced - it's incredibly more violent. His last cage mate was put to sleep this August and he is visibly depressed caged by himself, but I don't know what to do. About 3-4 times a year, I try to introduce him to the others, but quite frankly, it scares me! I would really like him to have a friend, but I'm not sure how I can facilitate this. Any ideas????? He's so sad by himself. He gets a lot of personal attention from me, but I'm not a ferret. Please help!!!!! Tuesday the 3 ferrets I'm watching will go home with their owner. I wouldn't mind terribly if they stayed, but it's been extremely stressful on my 15 year-old cat. She's always been able to tolerate my 5, but adding 3 (originally 4) more was just too much for her. Where she has always just gone high & slept to escape them, she now hunts them. It's a payback for getting her butt kicked a couple of weeks ago & loosing her dignity, she's trying to re-establish her position of top-dog (well, you get it). Holly, Tigger (cat), P-Bear (lonely), Perrin, Tassie, Buddy & Wheelie, and the visiting Jasmine, Spaz, Slink & Cocoa (Over the Rainbow Bridge resident) [Posted in FML issue 3654]