Thanks to everyone who has replied so far about the FAQ I wrote about. As was explained in the last mailing, there are two others who were, and maybe still are, making such a list. I also received an "alpha" FAQ from someone whose name escapes me at the moment (sorry, whoever you are, and thanks!). I'm sure a coordinated effort will come out of it all and there'll be at least some sort of FAQ pretty soon. Feel free to keep sending me your responses! Well, I did it. Took a 12-hour round trip last Sunday to visit a ferret farm, and came home with an 8-week-old cinnamon male named Rusty. Pixxel, the 5-month-old female, seems to tolerate him pretty well: she sits on him and chews on his ear, and he squeals and wails, but she lets him up now and again when he wants to get a drink. He seems to enjoy the battle, since when we let them both loose he runs straight toward her. We realized Pixxel had a bit of an unfair advantage, though, since her collar kept him from getting a decent hold on her neck! Here's a pair of questions for those of you with more experience with young kits than we have (Pixxel was 9 or 10 weeks old when we got her, and acted -much- older than Rusty does: he's still downy and a little unsteady on his feet): 1) Rusty makes a whimpering, wailing sound almost continuously when he's in his cage, even while he's eating or playing with his toys. He does it a bit when he's being held, too. Is this the kit version of the cluck-dook happy- noise, or is he lonely or bored, or what? 2) He's remarkably well trained: he won't nip at a finger even if you tempt him with it. (That's a big reason why we went to a farm instead of the pet store.) The problem is, he also won't lick Ferretone off of a finger held in front of his nose, so we can't reward him for good litter habits. Do we just need to give him the Ferretone from a little bottle, or could we conceivably have a ferret that -doesn't- like Ferretone?! Sorry to go on like this, but I'm a new parent again... :-) Thanks for your help! - Pam, Pixxel, and Rusty (oh, and Bob too :) [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 0620]