Hi, I have a 1-year-old female ferret named Chibi, who has a real biting problem. She'll bite with little to no warning. She always bites on the hands or arms of the person holding her. Usually I'm bitten on a daily basis. I try my best to monitor Chibi's head movements, but being totally blind, it's rather difficult. So when I carry her from her cage to her playpen, I end up holding her mouth shut with one hand, while attempting to cradle her body with the other. Chibi adds to my stress level, which aggravates my epilepsy so I try to handle her as little as possible. Not to mention that I'm scared of her, even though she only weighs about a pound. Today when my dad was holding her, Chibi delivered five deep punctures to the space between his thumb and forefinger. He later cleaned the wounds with soap. I wasn't bitten today which is wonderful, but I wish that my dad had had my luck. When Chibi bites, she bites hard. Once she bit me and wouldn't let go, so I had to pry her mouth open with my other hand while she was clamped on to the other. Man, did that hurt. I've tried scruffing her when she bites, but that only makes her more determined. I don't know why she does this. She's never been abused, far from it. She's only been treated with love and kindness. She dines on the best grain-free foods, has plenty of soft beds to cuddle in, and gets a lot of out of cage time. Could she be biting because she's a cinnamon? A while ago there was a discussion on the FML about cinnamon ferrets, and how some of them are prone to aggressive behavior. Or could she be biting because she was bred by Real Canadian Ferrets? I was told that RCF ferrets take longer to get over the nipping phase. But my two other ferrets, 2-year-old Lillie, and 1-year-old Frankie were also bred by Real Canadian Ferrets, and aren't aggressive in the slightest, just hyper. Any suggestions on how I can stop Chibi's unwanted behavior? Randie [Posted in FML 6805]