We finally got a playmate for Sebastian. He's a big, smelly, clumsy, not-too-bright, hob-very-soon-to-be-gib with a happy, easy going personality. Unfortunately, Sebastian has spent the last six months in the company of human beings, and is not real happy about having that weird animal in the house. I know ferrets are supposed to wrestle when you introduce them, but the new guy (we're calling him Mortimer) seems to delight in biting Sebastian's neck whenever he can catch him (which is actually not very often, Mortimer is slow). Anyway, this does not seem to make Sebastian happy, and he's just too little to win the wrestling matches against the new monster guy. Will they ever get along? Mortimer is being neutered today, and I'm hoping that makes him less of a bully. Am I correct? Sebastian seems to be a pretty good sport about the whole thing. Still, he's visibly relieved when Mortimer goes in his cage, and he can run around without worrying about being dragged around by the neck. Should I let them wrestle more? Right now I break it up when it seems the neck biting is getting gratuitous. I would appreciate any advice. I thought the idea for introducing a new baby by wrapping him up in some of the older guys things was cute, but in our case the "new baby" is twice the size of his big brother. *sigh* I would appreciate any advice. -Catherine Shaffer -Sebastian "Animals belong in cages!" -Mortimer "Where did he go? Where did he go?" [Posted in FML issue 1420]