My oldest fuzzie is almost 3 years old, and the first time I ever saw any of mine tail thump was about 6 months ago. I was freaked out, and very excited. Since none of mine had ever done that, and I'd had my oldest, Frankie, since he was about 8-9 weeks old, I thought something was wrong. I called one of my ferret buddies who said, of course they do that... Well, how was I supposed to know. Mine do it when they are playing "this is my tube not yours", when you have them cornered during a game of chase, or just when they want to hear their mommy squeal with delight or giggle. I LOVE IT and wish they'd do it more. I just get the biggest kick out of it, you'd think I was a toddler with how excited I get. Oh well, my fuzzies keep me young (as if I'm old, but anyway)... Jen and Archie The Naughty Nine and their cat and dog [Posted in FML issue 5084]