My precious Vanilla who has survived so many adventures and journeys with me over the past 6 years is ruining my would-be wedding! My boyfriend has a Himalyian cat, Salem, that he ADORES. She IS sweet, so I can't blame him. However, she's been very sheltered all of her life. We started talking about getting married and the only major problem was introducing the cat to the ferret. I thought I did it right. I brought Vanilla down to his place, let them sniff each other while she was in the cage, etc. We even let them out for supervised "play." It was all going well...until... Yup. Vanilla went for the jugular. I didn't even notice it but the next thing I knew, Salem went flying across the room with Vanilla attached to her neck. My beau had to rip them apart, Salem hid for THREE DAYS! and Vanilla got the boot (I can't really *blame* him for banning her...). Vanilla NEVER attacks short hair cats. Only long hairs. Salem's too dumb to smack Vanilla or fight back. Now, everything is on *hold* until a solution is found. Help! Does anyone have a suggestion? Any advice? Is there a peaceful solution to ferrets and long hair cats??? Shelly Nice [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1077]