Pat, I just did a "rescue" (give up) of two ferrets that were bought as kits in 2003 from a pet store here in IL., and they're Peterson Farm ferrets, both females. I had them for two full days before transporting them to the GCFA shelter yesterday, and they were so sweet and playful, and gave kisses. The only thing I noticed, is the dark, ruby-eyed white female didn't care to be in her cage that much, and would try to bite your fingers sometimes. Otherwise, I held her, played with her outside the cage. She was very bonded to her cagemate, a little sable girl, who's more laid back. This was the first time I ever heard of the Peterson ferrets, and from what our GCFA shelter director told me, the breeder is in MN. Maybe they have a website, but I haven't checked yet. As a side note, I had these two females at the shelter about 20 minutes, when a man from Chicago had an appt. at the shelter to adopt a couple ferrets. The director had him hold these two females I brought in, and I gave him some info about them that I observed. To make a long story short, before I left the shelter, these two female ferrets were adopted, and they'll go to their new home in Chicago later this week after their vet check. That made me feel really good. It just sounds like the ferret you spoke of from Petland, needs to have a home to go to, where she can have a lot of freedom, and run off the excess energy that all kits have. If the kits aren't getting a lot of handling, and learning not to nip, then that's part of the nippiness too no doubt. The kits play rough, and nip and bite on each other. As you know, a ferret's skin is tough, so if they're not getting reinforced with positive behavior patterns each day, they're not going to realize that our skin is tender, and not meant to be nipped in the same way. Ask them at the pet store how much handling the kits receive when they initially arrive at the store. I know this is one of the features of Path Valley Farm ferrets. They get handling immediately, and a lot each and every day, and given lots of TLC in a home setting. From having ferrets as pet for 20 yrs. now, I can tell you that the kits that didn't receive a lot of handling and attention by some private breeders I've known, were real biters, and it took me longer to break them of the habit. Phyllis [Posted in FML issue 5055]