Laila Rigdon <[log in to unmask]> wrote regarding putting a new kit together with her two year old ferret (no, not putting together a ferret from a kit! :) >The 2 year old grabbed her by the neck and tried to drag her. I am >afraid that she is going to hurt her.... Hi, Laila! Have you put them in separate cages (if you use cages at all) that are close to each other? Sometimes this might help get them used to seeing/smelling each other. Here are some of the indicators that we use to tell us it's time to break things up: (1) The biter is neck biting and shaking the victim. (2) The biter has a hold of the victim's face, eye, ear, nose. (3) The biter does not relax after the victim has cried "uncle" sufficiently. When our Squirt and Atlas were first establishing who's who, Atlas was in a tube poking his nose out with his mouth open and Squirt was standing outside the tube with his mouth open (you know, the en'guard position). Well, Squirt got tired of Atlas playing this game and grabbed him by the nose and bodily dragged him out of the tube! I knew right then and there that it was time to cool things off a little bit and check Atlas' nose. BTW, Squirt probably wouldn't have done this except Atlas (the new addition) made the mistake of trying to trounce Squirt on the very first night we brought him home. After that all bet were off and Squirt kicked Atlas' butt. Now they play nice together. Take care, Mike - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Michael C. Burkard | _ Dancing Dookers Work: [log in to unmask] | _____C .._. Delightfully Digging! Home: [log in to unmask] | ____/ \___/ Feisty Fuzzies in a My opinions only. | <____/\_---\_\ Frenzied Frollick! [Posted in FML issue 1440]