My Percy the rescued Persian seems to have the best defense of all against the ferrets. You see now that he's eating healthy his coat's comes in very, very thick, fluffy and gorgeous. We're talking like oodles of fur. I often see the ferrets trying to bury their faces in his fur to get a good chomp. And they give this look like "What the *#@()#@()? He's all FUR! Where's the skin?" And if they do manage get hold - Percy loses a bit of fluff but doesn't seem to even notice it. Last night Ringo was pestering the hell out of him - chasing him up and down the stairs. Percy finally lept out of reach as Ringo gave him one last lunge. And there's Ringo with this big tuft of white hair sticking out of his mouth. And Percy just sat there looking at him while he was spitting and pawing at his face like "GAHHH! Get it out of my mouth!" I grabbed him and took it out for him. And Percy (aka, the Porcupine) snickered. Laura [Posted in FML 5392]