re microchipping: > to be licensed!) - if this applies to dogs and cats as well, we'd go > along with it. I'm sorry, I just had to put my two cents in here. I personally wouldn't go along with it. I would say the government has already insinuated itself into my life almost everywhere (oh no, a political discussion on our lovely list :-) ), and I don't favor yet more legislation: the government _requiring_ me to have a microchip in my pet (now, I might consider the chip, but this would be voluntary vs. mandatory). re tail wagging: Mine do it when they are playing with each other, usually when looking down some sort of tunnel at the other ferret. re nose flicking as antidote to biting: My position is, I'd do it if I had a normal (and especially: young) ferret, but not if I had an abused or otherwise frightened one -- for an abused one, I'd try one of the other two antidotes that are usually discussed (gross taste or the gagging finger). Todd Cromwell (Dors and Seldon) [Posted in FML issue 0917]