Howdy All: A quick comment on the post below: >From: Anonymous Poster <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: tail wagging > This morning my one year old sable Molly was checking out her cardboard >tube that she plays in as usual. But today she started to go in one end, and I >put my hair drier at the other end for a couple of seconds. She started wagging >her tail like mad. You could tell she was totally thrilled. Have you ever.... ----It is our experience that tail wagging is not a sign of happy excitement but rather of extreme agitation or fear. In the several years that we have had our ferrets, we have observed this only a few times, and the ferrets were decidedly unhappy at the time. Our thinking is that this movement is a way for ferrets and other mustelids to more widely broadcast scent from their scent glands. Any other people out there have any input on the topic? Also, we do get a kick out of how the little guys do get a charge out of being chased. It is really reminiscent of some of the pranks we used to play as kids just to be chased by adults. Ciao - Dave and "The Girls" [Posted in FML issue 0917]