The other day I was in cleaning the bathroom with 3 little furry supervisors watching my every move. I heard the screen door quietly open and close. I was expecting a visitor so had left the door open. The ferrets didn't hear the door because 1 is dead and the other 2 were too busy supervising my activities. A couple minutes later I looked down at Kirby and said "Kirby, we have company, go see who is in the livingroom." Kirby looked up intently for a few seconds then went to the living room to see who was there. There is no doubt in my mind that he understood what I said - there was no noise in the livingroom to alert him, no command that he would have been familiar with - he understood my words. This isn't the first time a little one has shown me they have astounding comprehension skills and I'm sure it won't be the last. So if you visit us and I talk to the ferrets as I would a human (and I do talk to them a lot), you now know why. :-) hugs to all. tle Troy Lynn Eckart, F.B.S. Ferret Family Services http://www.ferretfamilyservices.org http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our efforts http://www.iGive.com/FFS [Posted in FML issue 4453]