To Mike Janke When I added a 6 month old female as a companion to my 8 month old male (both neutered/spayed) they hissed and fought like crazy for 3 days. However, not once did they draw blood and somehow they seemed to put their battle on hold because they would sleep fairly close together at night! I now have three (2 males and a female) and they still play VERY rough. They drag each other around by the skin of their necks and if someone gets a bit rough, the recipient lets out a yelp to let them know it!!! I have never seen ferrets fight so as I would be worried except for in the case that someone put two UNneutered males together in the breeding season. I hope I read right that yours were neutered? Victoria-- I have decided to keep ferrets in threes because the last two times that I have had ferrets they were in pairs and when the inevitable one would die (both timesin the case of old age) the surviving animal would go through a period of depression of some sort--little if any play, little food, etc. My advice is to find another rug rat for your surviving animal amy [Posted in FML issue 0761]