Congratulations on bringing home your new baby bear! Mortimer is thrilled to hear that his brother has a new home, and agrees that papa Calvin is one damn big ferret. I have good news. After being with us for a few months, Mortimer is a great pet, and very mellow. He loves people, and doesn't nip no more. Yes, a little love nip from a huge ferret causes great bleeding gashes, but your bear will learn to love you and listen when you tell him no. He's also pretty excited and smelly yet, but he will be better in a few weeks. Mortimer smells nice and lightly musky. As for names...let's see... He's a silver, right? How about Dragon? Wolf? Wyvern? Excalibur? Huffalump? Mammoth? Or maybe name him after one of Tolkien's swords. I can't think of any right now. How about Troll? Tiny? I need to get another ferret...;) From Mortimer: DonT forget to BOUNCE a lot. BouNCe and BouNCE. The little WEAsels are for siTTing and NiPping until thEy say UnCle. ItS verY important to REMEMBER that ToEs are attached to People! I always forGET and ATTACK and OH there's oNE now. CHOMP! Oops. See? Also, my vet told me that we have a similar "if it bites it gets euthanized law in Michigan." This is pretty cruel, and we were very very careful who got to pet Mortimer when we first got him because of that little "love nip" thing he would do occasionally. My in-laws know a family that bought a ferret and then sold it right away when they found out about that law. Stupid of them, but the fuzzie is probably better off now, I hope. Sorry for the double post. I'm a little behind on my mail lately. -Catherine [Posted in FML issue 1513]