Just wondering if anybody has any advice... We lost another of our ferrets recently, but this time it was the younger, leaving our remaining boy alone and mopey once more. As with last time, we resolved to adopt more ferrets as soon as possible, because Finley has never been alone for long, and was very upset after both deaths. This time, we even got two, so when the worst inevitably happened again, nobody would be left without company. However, Finn seems to be having real problems getting along with the two new boys. Astonishingly the two newcomers are both bigger than him (and Finley is /not/ a small ferret!), and when they first met they tried to play very enthusiastically, scaring the crap out of the little guy. Now they're being exceedingly gentle and placid around him, but he'll fang into them whenever they come too close. We're currently in a manageable state - they're eating and sleeping in separate rooms, have more than enough food and plenty of different places to nap during the day, and avoid each other a lot of the time - but I'd really like to see them getting on. The new boys really are the sweetest, most gentle ferrets I've ever met, but I'm worried for Finn because he's spending most of his time sulking (he's still eating plenty, at least). We're wondering if perhaps Finley is too old to accept a new family - he's turning five this year, and has always been kind of territorial toward humans who don't "belong" in our house. Does anybody have any advice for getting our grumpy old man to accept his dorky teenage brothers? (Please no offers of psychic help. Thank you, but we just don't believe in it.) Thanks in advance! - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fox Lee: The Girl Your Mother Warned You About http://hypercrescendo.net/foxlee/fls/ http://www.furbiddenrealms.com http://blurty.com/users/leechimera/ "Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other 'sins' are invented nonsense." - Robert A. Heinlein [Posted in FML 6318]