We got Sid from another couple when they put a hamster in with him and he killed it. Apparently, they didn't know anything about ferrets. I guess it traumatized their daughter (not to mention the hamster, for Pete's sake) and they needed to get rid of him. Anyways, when we first got him, and even now sometimes, when he wanted out of his cage he would lay on his back and paw the air, looking up at whoever would be watching. It was like he was saying, "I'm so cute, you gotta let me outta here!" He is such a cutie. And they were such idiots (I'm using "were" for hope's sake). I also have two ferrets who know to put their front arms (legs?) around my wrist and grab on so I can pick them up that way. They both happen to be girls, for some reason - Bubbles and Navi. Bubbles likes the front of your hand towards her and Navi likes the back of your hand. All the rest of 'em look at me like, "What in the heck are you doing?" I'm sure my ferrets have more quirks, but it's damn 7am and I gotta wake up and get to work. Of course, the ferrets are up... they just don't have to punch in. Roary Albuquerque, NM [Posted in FML issue 4857]