To Christine Connealy >So basically if he is in heat then all we can do is wait it out and try >to keep her save. Of course she is just getting over an infection in her >intestins. Could he have sensed she was sick and picked on her because of that >? Well i guess we will have to watch and see how he is with her now that she >is better. There could be a dominance factor here also, but a male in season is often just an aggressive animal. Most ferrets are relatively solicitous when another one is sensed to be sick, not hostile (but there are exceptions.) I think you're right - that you should keep them separated (except under highly supervised conditions until he coumes out of his season. Bruce Williams [Posted in FML issue 0963]