I have read of only one possible ferret bite incident w a baby or young child which did not involve abuse or neglect of the child, the animal or both. That one was in the UK and the deaf mother left the kitchen where she was feeding her toddler for a few minutes then when she came back she startled an animal which fled through the open kitchen door. She thought that it might have been a ferret or a polecat. Every serious multiple bite case I have read in detail involving ferrets, and there are not many at all, involved missing or passed out adults. In at least one case it was wondered if the parents may have inflicted the damage. My own worst bites have been from primates including from my younger sister into her grade school years. Little kids can do some real damage... [Posted in FML 6945]