Hi all... Boy do I feel like some major bonding went on tonight ::silly ridiculous grin:: Tonight Punk, my first ferret, like JUMPED up onto my shoulder so that he could go to sleep there! Whenever I'm at the computer, he comes up to the chair I'm in and stares at me until I pick him up, then he goes to sleep! He's sooooooo cute! I was so afraid that once he had a companion that he'd just forget about me. By the way, he is a Marshall Farms ferret. He also has the right amount of teeth etcetera. WHAT is it exactly that people have against MF? Geez, and he's just so sweet and good natured! Rock, on the other hand, is a bit more aloof and skittish. He's from another farm in NY, but the store couldn't tell me the name of it. He's by far a lot better about using the litter box than Punk, but so far (I've only had him a week) tempermant wise, Punk seems more friendly. To the person inquiring about skunks, I had one about 15 years ago...she was bought from Hoyt's animal farm in Granby, CT. I don't know if they're still in operation or not. Flower (not too imaginative, huh?) was very sweet and playful, but I think I let her get too fat, and then she got lazy. As for how they get along with ferrets, I couldn't help with that. Re: training ferrets to do tricks: Barron's recommends that if you want to teach your ferret to "sit up" that it be done exactly as the person who wrote in has been doing it! I haven't read of any other tricks, though I'd be interested to hear more! >From the Animal Farm, Tracy, Punk & Rock [Posted in FML issue 0656]