Only one of our two ferrets has ever done any tail-wagging, and she hasn't done it recently, but as I recall it was during play and not at a time when she would have any reason to feel extreme agitation or fear. My most vivid memory of it is of a time when we were playing an ordinary game of Chase the Varmit, as we do almost every day. She ran behind a bookcase, and we heard this very strange noise as her tail alternately smacked the back of the bookcase and the wall. Of course, maybe she had started to take the game of chase too seriously and got scared, but I certainly didn't think this at the time. COuld wagging be linked to extreme excitement of any kind? ****************************************************************************** Dale Miller, University of Pittsburgh Sile et philosophus esto. ****************************************************************************** [Posted in FML issue 0919]