To Barbara and Jean: What you describe is all pretty normal baby behavior. You gave it away when you said your previous ferret was adopted already GROWN. Baby ferrets are a lot of work - and totally different than most older ferrets. I couldn't help but smile as I read your post - biting the dog and hanging there :) yes, that's what baby ferrets do. My dogs are good w/my ferrets but they try to stay out of the way of babies when I'm raising a litter!! The squawking you describe is a "baby sound" - although I think it sounds more like a "honking" noise - you only have one......do you have any idea what it sounds like when you have a whole litter of "honking" babies??@!! It sounds like a "gaggle of geese"!! (I *think* that's what you call a bunch of geese!!) Personally, I *love* that noise, but it's a sound they generally outgrow around 3 - 4 months of age, although I've had a couple of babies who kept it a bit longer. These are the formative weeks - babies need lots of love, attention, and firm discipline. Ferrets have *very* tough skin (ask anybody who has vaccinated a ferret!) and they *know* they can bite harder on their own kind and it doesn't hurt. They have to *learn* that our skin is not as tough as theirs and they aren't supposed to bite as hard (I'm talking play bite). And they will learn eventually, although some faster than others. They need a lot of handling and you need to EXPECT to get bitten for now. Someone said keep bandaids on hand. An excellent idea. Those teeny tiny teeth marks in your finger may not look bad, but given them 24 hrs and they *feel* bad. However, it you treat them immediately with any good over-the-counter topical ointment and a bandaid, you can save yourself alot of agony and pain. Involved in rescue as I am, I get tons of phone calls. I can get a feeling now of who might do better w/ an older ferret and who can deal with a baby ok. Oftentimes I've recommended going w/an older ferret just because unless you're dedicated, having babies can be tough. Another recommendation I make is to buy a MF ferret. Say what you want about MF, but they have the sweetest, nicest, gentlest ferrets, and I have never had a MFF that was a biter - even as kits they're nice. This is not a slam against PV - my experience w/PV is very limited, so I can't say too much about them. However, I have had much more experience w/MF and they have spent many years breeding for temperment - and I for one, feel they have succeeded. Another ferret could help, or you could have 2 honking babies banging on the cage - it depends on the ferret. But, this baby needs to be handled alot. I carry my babies around the house all the time to get them used to be handled. They struggle at first, but that's their job - eventually they should settle down. Remember - you get out of it what you put into it. If you spend a lot of time w/ your baby, you will gets tons of love and affection.....if you keep the baby in a cage all the time w/out training or touching or attention, you will have a maladjusted adult that will probably bite. Debbie Riccio WNYFLFA [Posted in FML issue 1164]