>Why do my ferrets go into a trance when staring at my cat? Has any >one else ever experienced this? They creep up to her ever so slowly, >surround her, stare intensely and then their little eyes get all sleepy >and then they fall asleep. > >What is going on here? Some of mine do this too - with my cat and also with my dog. I figured it was a form of stalking. One of my ferrets always used to hiss when she did this. She still "stalks" but no longer hisses much. BTW, there's a photo of a ferret in the current issue of Modern Ferret (#33) who does exactly the same thing - and fell asleep with her head on the cat's leg. Very cute. Nancy and critters [Posted in FML issue 3971]