To Stacy and whoever else: I too just got a new kitten for my wife, who's cat died back in January. I took Salena to the pet store with me to help pick out the "new kid". They had a male and female "tiger" cats left and I wanted to be sure that Salena (the Ferret) and the newbie got along. The male kitten was very "stand offish" and apprehensive. Salena went over to check him out and then went about checking out the store. So I put the male back and got out the female. She was not nearly as apprehensive, the male just "cat stared" at Salena and hardly moved, the female actually started to run around and play a bit, although I don't think she knew what a ferret was. At any rate, I bought the female and brought it home to my wife today. Wife was "overjoyed" as she was just about "ready" for another cat. Salena checked out the kid some more, then went about "re-conning" the entire floor, and the kitten started checking out stuff as well. The kitten really like all the plants that Tammie (wife) is trying to grow. A few times the kitten and Salena would chase each other around a bit and seemed to be getting along just fine. There were no fights or wrestling at this point. Kitten as born 3/24 and Salena is almost 4 so I'd just suggest that you (or anyone else) just take it slow and easy and be around in case trouble does break out. I do think that Salena will be teaching the kitten some ferret tricks as the kitten follows Salena more than the other way around. -- Tim, Tammie (wife), Salena (what the heck is that furrball), kitten as yet unamed (what the heck is that fuzzball, and where the heck am I). [Posted in FML issue 1193]