I haven't posted on this list since I was new to the ferret world, and Thank you all for helping me get through the baby stages of my two ferrets! I have two ferrets both not even a year old yet, and they are my little brats! :-D Let me elaborate on the term "brats", which I use lovingly of course. My first ferret Zoey was an only ferret for about one or two months before I got her a friend. She now has the only "child" syndrome! I love how she follows me around and looks up at me with her beautiful eyes just wanting to be held. She does have her issues though! I think since I babied her so much when she was little, it has caused her to become obsessed with being carried around. When I open the door to my room, she immediately wakes up and is at the cage door throwing a temper tantrum so I will let her out! She tries to destroy the hammock, and also bites and scratches at the cage door as if there were a fire in her cage. I don't know how to stop her from doing that! I ignore her when she is doing that and then when she is calm I will take her and her cagemate out to play! So now we get to the part where shes actually out. Well since she was so used to being carried around, she is always just waiting for me to open the door, she wont run out, but she will stick her head in the doorway waiting for me to carry her around the house for an adventure. Now if I don't carry her around, she leaves me a little suprise right by the door. I never knew ferrets could get angry at someone and do something like this because they didn't get their way. At first I thought it couldnt be possible that she was doing this because of me, but then it happened just about every time! My 2nd ferret, Mia, I knew was going to be trouble since the moment I got her. The petstore called her the "devil" ferret because she was so hyperactive and liked to cling on to braclets! She was just a tiny baby at this point, and I couldn't say no to her beautiful face, so of course I bought her! I thought it was good that she was active because my Zoey was overweight and needed a friend to encourage her to run (instead of wanting to be carried everywhere!). So I got through the rough baby stages with her, and now I know what the petstore meant! I wouldn't call her the devil, I would definately call her trouble though! The word "ferret-proof" does not apply in her case. She is the most persistant ferret I have ever seen in getting to where she needs to be! I love bringing new people around her because she likes to "test" them. I only bring people that aren't afraid of ferrets around her because she takes the fear and plays with it! At first its more of a "who are you" type thing, but then I see behaviors in which she has never done with me! Trying to De-sock people, pulling at belt loops when guests are sitting on the floor, just little things like that I find so funny because I love to see how she reacts with each different person, its always different. She's different than zoey when I open the door to leave the room for a minute, instead of standing by the doorway she bolts out the door like she is on a mission! I do from time to time let my two ferrets run around the upstairs of my house but theres too many things up here they can steal from different rooms so its always supervised. This post was not to complain about my ferrets, it was merely to post about all their mischief! They do have very good qualities also. I have never seen so much personality in two small creatures! I love the fact that they like items you can find around the house more than toys you can buy in the store! The one thing I wish I could change though was potty training them! they seem to hate the litter box outside the cage and will go to the bathroom right next to it! I just wish there was a good solid way to potty train them outside the cage... I applaud everyone of you who has more than 2 of these "brats"!!! They are amazing animals! Jenny Zoey & Mia [Posted in FML 6259]