Sharing our home with free roam ferrets provides many opportunities for lessons. The other night Pita decided to lung at Moose. Moose is a no nonsense ferret and he earned his name because of his size and he has an attitude to match. He doesn't take guff from anyone. After Pita snipped at him he turned for a moment then when she snipped again he decided to put her in her place. Boy did she turn tail and run, right under a nearby cage. Moose is much too big to get under the cages, got to give him credit through for trying, as hard as he tried (picture a bull in a china closet) he couldn't even get his head to fit. He was quite upset with the turn of events. I reached over and gently tapped his back with my finger, which means 'leave that ferret alone' so he huffed off down the hall with his his shoulders squared, his immense body seemingly larger and tail bottle brushed. A few minutes later he came back and huffed through the 8" tube, circled in front of me, then back down the hall he went. Guess he needed to make a point. :-) Lessons - when you take on a task bigger than yourself, be prepared with plan B if it fails AND size DOES make a difference no matter how determined you are! 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 4859]