Hi, >I once had a professor that said cats were never domesticated, they >just pretended to be for the free chow.(Bob Chow said that) I don't want to get off the subject of this mailing list but, I agree with the professor that said that. My cat Graystoke hunted a lot when he was a kitten, but know he doesn't and he just sits around, eating, know that he if past his hunting days. I hope the makers of this mailing list aren't mad at me for putting that on there. I'm new to this mailing list and I don't have a ferret but here is what we do to dry our dogs. We use the blow dryer. First you dry the ferret off a bit with a towel them you blow dry. If you have two people then you can dry them faster, one can brush the ferret and the other can blow dry. It is really quite effective. Now, like I said I'm new to this and I would really appreciate it if you could send me any information about ferrets and answer my questions. First do ferrets bite a lot? I have two cases, from trustworthy people in which they did quite a bit. Do they get diseases a lot? I was looking over the stuff in the ferret mailing list and they seem to a lot. And, lastly, do they get crabby when they get older? I had a guinea pig that did. Thanks, bye From a new person, Rhiannon [Posted in FML issue 1554]