I strongly believe that ferrets feel and show emotions. I have seen it over the years and see it every day, how deeply some ferrets bond amongst one another and how deeply some have bonded to me. I see their happiness. I have seen sad and frightened ferrets. I believe some ferrets will grieve when they loose a companion even though mine have always been okay. But I can't believe that a ferret can reason to the extent that it thinks "my owners have dumped me, and I don't want to go on". If that was the case, how would they distinguish between being dumped or left somewhere while the owners go on holiday? Just wondering... Ulrike [Posted in FML 5510]