To: >Darla Sharp I had a green cheek Amazon, Alex, who liked to walk around the house. (his feathers were trimmed so he had the glide path of the space shuttle, called a modified rock). One day I heard him screaming like life was about to end. I ran to the kitchen & found one of the ferrets had hopped on his back, wanting to play. The ferret had a face like "What's all the noise about?". I removed the ferret & Alex was fine. This was one ferret with one bird, one instance. Another story might not have had the same result, but I learned they don't mix well. At least in my pair, the bird definitely did not like to wrestle with a ferret. Seperate rooms, and 100% caged or supervised bird in seperate room would be fine, but I don't think they will ever be 2 way buddies. Gary [Posted in FML issue 1190]