Reading one of the posts today about integrating ferrets and just letting them do their fighting & getting it over with, I thought I'd give it another try. I had always thought that fear pooping was the sign to break it up, so I never made a whole lot of progress with the ferrets. I let them all out together and amazingly P-Bear didn't really go after Buddy like he's always done before. He completely targeted Wheelie! Within 10 seconds there was the fear poop, I just moved the ferrets aside & cleaned it up right away. I watched closely and Wheelie was actually doing alright, just screaming like she was being killed, even when P-Bear wasn't touching her. P-Bear's deaf, so he wasn't hearing her scream. After about 10 minutes, P-Bear wandered off (no doubt looking for his next victim). Wheelie was pissed with me for watching the whole thing and not rescuing her. I held a great victory party for her - she held her own, no injuries. She ignored me. I offered raisins. She ignored me. Buddy came out, wanting to know where the heck his raisins were (I gave him a couple). Buddy & P-Bear pretty much ignored each other, just a few minor moments, no fear poop. So thank you very much for the advice, and motivating me to keep trying. Holly [Posted in FML issue 3782]