Christian Miller...Neat! -> * Scribe 4.0 * Lord's Gym - His pain, your gain. And to....... Bruce Williams, DVM [log in to unmask] Thanks for the article! That helps...I recently made a visit to my vet, (my dog is epileptic) and saw that a ferret was just in who was losing weight etc. My vet admits he doesn't know much about ferrets...so I'll get this article to him if it's okay. :) And to....... -> So, I put my fingers under his front paws (he already had -> them on the basket, stretched from the window sill) and lifted him -> up and away from the basket... he turned, looked at me and -> SCREECHED! Just a short, loud burst... almost like a cough or a -> sneeze, but not quite. I was so shocked I couldn't think of anything to say... :) So I said "time out!" and put him back in his cage... Well... my question (thank god you are all saying) is this: Did I handle that the right way? How do you handle a little temper venting? He's only about 4 months old. Mike Ack!!!!! That hasn't happened to me yet...Yikes!! I think you did the right thing by putting him back in his cage. Especially quickly like that, so he =knew= he was in trouble! BTW, this will be late, because I didn't get this til the 15th...not sure why. :( And ....... Pogo, the new guy...my first male...at um...10 wks I think...is now heavier than my females, two of whom are full grown. He just exploded. <G> His head is wider too...but I guess all males are like that, big headed I mean. Hehehe!! I'm kidding... He was the sweetest tiniest thing...and now...he's still sweet, not tiny, and very VERY Rambunctious!! He just spilled a 7-up on my desk...and I had to turn off the computer immediately...and I thought I'd lost this reply, but thank Goddness, didn't! Whew!!! Anyway...they are all dong very well. I need to bathe them and do nails tomorrow. I'm going to try the nutri-cal/linatone idea. Otherwise my daughter will have to help me. Pogo does not go still when lifted by the nape of the neck. He goes NUTS!! I have not yet tried holding him longer. I prefer to keep the skin on my hands. <G> ttyl................. Daisy.Lin.. ..Foxy, Nonni, Coco, and Pogo.. "We're Four Wiiild and Crazy Ferrets!! [Posted in FML issue 0642]