Someone said that their ferret Toddles was getting it's butt kicked by the others. I didn't write down the name, but here goes. My wife and I have 5 ferrets now. We just bought 2 females about 6 weeks of age. We already had a 6mo. male, a 3yr male and a 5mo. female. The female of these three has turned into the "mommy" of the new females while the other males attack and drag them to other rooms in the apartment. They don't seem to be hurting them at all. With our experience with ferrets, I can say that mostly this is a normal attitude to new ferrets. The ferrets that are originally the "masters of the house" want to establish dominence with the new ones. Most of the time the fighting will decrease and eventually they'll become best friends. The best way to find out if the ferrets will get along with each other is if they sleep together. If thaey do that then, the fights aren't that serious. This is coming from our experiences, other ferrets may act differently but, most of the time sleeping together is a very good sign that they'll get along. Shane- [[log in to unmask]] [Posted in FML issue 0407]