OK I have tried to stay out of this but seriously. Poor birdies....DO you feed whole prey? Your ferrets did what they were born to do. Kill and eat their food. If you have not raised and fed them whole prey then once they did it they probably had no idea how to eat the birds. I will promise you that my whole prey ferrets know what to do with their food. I have no doubt they would be able to eat your poor little birdies right up and smile the whole while. Ed - FERRETS DO NOT KILL FOR FUN!! They kill for food. Just because they have no idea HOW to eat the food once they kill it is a direct result of us not feeding them whole prey anymore. Bits and pieces of their nature have been left and in some it is stronger than others. Have you ever seen a ferret eat whole prey? Maybe then you could understand why your ferrets killed your birds the way they did. DO YOUR RESEARCH before posting bull-caca on this forum. I am sick of reading half truths and stupidity coming out of your posts. Staci L. Sharp [Posted in FML 6224]