Right now two of my ferrets are having quite a romp/fight session. They started on the couch, tumbled around the living room, and are now noisily chasing and playing with each other in the kitchen. I was laughing at all the noise thinking 'Wow, they're really dooking it out' when it occured to me that maybe that is what the expression is. I always thought it was "duke it out" (-: (for those in other areas "duke it out" means to fight it out) Risa PS Moments When my boyfriend and I would cuddle on the couch (usually as the fuzzies were in my bedroom napping under my bed) if the mood started to turn romantic my youngest ferret Baby would mysteriously appear from her nap and start pushing around one of her noisy balls, quickly turning the romantic mood into laughter. Do you think they're afraid that we'll have more ferrets? hee hee [The 'noisy ball' from Petco is great. It's a colorful ping-pong like ball that rattles when rolled. It's in the cat section, geez - those cats get all the good stuff (-: ] (Risa) [Posted in FML issue 3745]