Yes, Carol, I have one too. Got it over 10 years ago, I think, when they were new. Never changed the batteries, and it does occasionally talk, chatter, growl, purr(?). I've told my other half just to ignore it. Scared the bejeebus outta him the first time it went off outta the blue. (Mwuahahaha. :::evil cackle:::) Me? I have ferrets. Nothing much fazes me. ;p ~Sherrie, aka daoine o' the ferret queen and the weezils [Posted in FML 8189]