on 12/30/03 2:00 AM, Kim wrote: >I have learned that they are responding as a protective instinct because >they associate the sound with a ferret being hurt. I wonder about this myself. My Miss Delilah, who was a sweety pea, would literally try to tear my hand apart when I used a squeaky toy. She didn't try to take the toy, she would try to bite me. If I moved the toy to the other hand, she would still attack the hand that held it when it "cried." Most of my ferrets would only come to a toy, maybe stare at me squeaking it. But Miss DD would just go nuts. Blessings, Maggie [Posted in FML issue 4378]