I have not yet posted to this list, I have been lurking for about a year now. I am owned by two fuzzies, a female (stray found, Marshall farms) that is at least 7 years old, and she has not slowed down yet. And a male 4 years old and was breed for ferreting. The two play along just fine, other than the female like to sleep in her own cage. The problem that has come to hand is that it has been just the two for the last four years together, back in March My husband and I went on vaction and left the two with a friend who also has fuzzies, we had a play date to see how things would go, and it went well. We made sure that the male had his own cage, just incase. Well it was a good thing. It seem that the male went to show that he was the boss and drew blood on the friend and their two fuzzies. Of course I was worried to death about things, and I would have had no proplem taking care of things if it came to it. (good thing it did not) The proplem that has come of this is that the male has gotten even more agressive at our home. He has even started to really get nippy and we keep his claws trimed, but if he does not want to be picked up, he will squarm like at cat and scratch. We have tried all the normal corrective methods, from a water spray bottle, putting him in his cage, grapping him and dragging him on he floor saying no... and this has not stopped him, if any thing it makes him madder. We are worried that this behavior going to cause harm to the female or us, and when she passes in the future, we are worried that it will only get worse. We do not plan to get another one for several years. Since our lifestyle is changing and we do not want to neglect them because of our changes. If anyone has any advice on how to handle this we are open to it. believe me if you have a strong opinion, it will not anger us. Thanks Augusta [Posted in FML issue 4181]