Bonjour! I don't remember who said that he or she bitted back her/his ferret... Anyway... When each of my ferrets first arrived home, they all tried to bite me once but once only (nipping thoes under sheets not included ;) First time Victor tried to do it, I bitted him back... He was so surprised (nor that I was...I should have ferrets as ancestors!!!) and he began to lick me... Since then I'm the Alpha ferret... I did the same with Hugo and Adele and had almost the same reaction... Surprise, recognition of my Alpha's status and they never bite me or other human again...:))) Anne et... @-"-@ @---@ o__o ( 0-0 ) <=*"*=> (. . ) ---------oOO--\Y/--OOo------oOO--\o/--OOo------ooO--\v/--Ooo-------------- Victor 8> Hugo 8> Adele :> PS. "Pay attention gang, humans can bite! Maybe we should propose to defangued them" Anne Charbonneau Faculte de medecine dentaire Universite de Montreal [log in to unmask] Tel: (514) 343-5924 [log in to unmask] Fax: (514) 343-2233 [Posted in FML issue 1243]