Hey all! I have been reading with some interest the posts about people who have ferrets and young children, and I just wanted to add our experiences to the mix. We have an 11 month old daughter, and four ferrets whom we have had since before our daughter was born. Our ferrets are free roaming fellows, and always have been. When our daughter was born, we decided to let the boys all remain free roaming and see how everything went, because they are all very sweet, very friendly little guys. Well, I am very happy to say that now our daughter is 11 months old, and she and the ferrets get along just fine! We of course, never leave them unsupervised, but not once have any of the boys ever tried to bite her, (although they do have a thing for stealing her pacifier, and licking her feet while she is asleep)we also don't allow her to pull thier fur, or step on them, anything like that. They do play together, and quite seem to enjoy each others company. Personally, I think it greatly depends on the parents, child, and ferrets involved. Our ferrets have been taught not to bite, and our daughter has been taught not to hurt them inj return, and of course, as I said before, they are never left unsupervised. All in all though, I would have to say that in our experience,yes, ferrets and small children can and do work out very well together, it's just kind of a case-by-case basis! :-) Yvonne [Posted in FML issue 3755]