Hi, Everyone! First, I'd like to thank those who replied to "Beating Up the Baby". Toodles and Bungee are now sleeping and playing together, though Toodles still gets a little tense sometimes. Pogo & Belle still beat Toodles up a little, but we're making progress now, at least. :) Anyhow, I have a story about Bungee and my roomate's cat, Velcro. First, I'd like to say that I DON'T encourage my ferrets to fight with the cats or any other animals! But, I was concerned about what would happen if a cat and ferret "got into it". I've heard that a ferret would win hands down, but cats are so much bigger I wasn't convinced. Bungee is a butterscotch female, about a year and a half old, and *maybe* 2 pounds. She's tiny, but she's got a lot of spirit! Velcro is a normal- sized black female cat (much bigger than Bungee). Bungee and Velcro some- times have a staring contest that always ends with one getting bored and walking away. Once Bungee and Velcro were in my room staring at each other, and I was watching them to see that nothing happened. Suddenly, Velcro pounced on Bungee, grabbed her with all four paws, and started gnawing on Bungee's head! *Before I could even get up to go separate them* Bungee got out of the hold and had Velcro by the ear, tugging on it hard! Velcro looked perturbed and a little confused when I got there, but she wasn't doing anything else, just standing there with a ferret tugging on her ear. I picked up Bungee and she released Velcro then. Velcro made her exit hastily. I've also seen Pogo defend himself against my girlfriend's 45-lb Norwegian Elkhound when I couldn't get there fast enough. It's funny to see a big dog with a ferret hanging from her nose! I try to avoid confrontations between my pets (and others' pets), but I can't be everywhere at once. I don't worry so much about my furries any more, having seen them in action, but I still try to keep them out of trouble. Also, I don't live with the cats or dog any more. This story may or may not have been cute, depending on your point of view. I thought it was kind of funny, but it could have been not-funny just as easily! I guess I'm just trying to make a disclaimer about not making pets fight, because that's not how it happened. Anyhow, happy ferreting! Eric, Pogo, Bungee, Tinkerbelle, and Toodles, too! [Posted in FML issue 0416]