>From: "A. C. Vitale" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Ferrets & cats > >We're thinking about expanding our family and bringing home a kitten. >Do any of you have experience mixing ferrets & kittens? Last summer we brought home a tiny kitten we named Ernie. We already had two cats and two ferrets, Elliot (the larger) and Bosco. Ernie was immediately afraid of the little things that were his size (or, in Elliot's case, bigger than him) that moved so crazily. The ferrets, of course, wanted only to jump on him and play with him, same as they do each other and the cats. My husband and I would laugh hysterically as Elliot chased Ernie, around and around until Ernie finally figured out he could jump up onto something and escape. One night my husband and Ernie were on the bed, where Ernie had leapt to escape Elliot. Feeling sorry for Elliot's short legs, I lifted him onto the bed, too. Never before had we seen such speed in a ferret: like an on-target missile, he flew across the sheets and into Ernie, where they both tumbled together to the floor. Of course, Ernie has since outgrown the ferrets but still plays with them. Now when he gets tired of playing, he places a paw on the ferret's head, temporarily immobilizing him. :) It's a crazy household, but we love it! Laura [Posted in FML issue 3777]