Odin (9 months old) is a hyper ferret, who loves to play, play, play. We got Thor so Odin would have someone to play with. The first time we saw Thor (before his neutering), he seemed perfect. Loved to dance and dook and play. He is only a couple months older than Odin, so we figured that would work out great. The first time the two ferrets met was a week and a half after Thor's neutering surgery. They wrestled and Thor dominated Odin. But Odin wasn't fazed a bit - in fact, I think he liked it. Then Thor came home with us. And suddenly, the happy, dooking, dancing ferret disappeared, much to Odin's disappointment. They never fought - in fact, within the first few hours, they curled up together in the basket downstairs. But now we have Odin always running after Thor, trying to play and wrestle and Thor either trying to run away, hissing, or just laying down and letting Odin bite his ear, or neck or whatever. Thor will sometimes get in a bouncy play mode - at least with us. But as soon as Odin sees this and comes running over, Thor stops. It's the strangest thing I've ever seen! The other night, Rolf took Odin into the living room to let him explore and play and I stayed with Thor. I got him to play and dance and have a tug of war and chase his ball...it was amazing! He still isn't dooking (while Odin on the other hand is getting the nickname Chucklehead - he doesn't stop! :^) ), but he had a good play. It's as if after the hormones subsided, Thor had a personality change! Or he doesn't like playing with Odin. Apparently he had been in a home with a female prior to coming to us. I don't know how he was with her, but he wasn't neutered at that time. He is a little love and it's kinda funny to watch him run away from Odin and stick just his head in the end of the 4" PVC pipe that we have so that Odin will go away. Maybe we shoulda called him Ostrich! :^) So ferret-mathematics will probably strike soon, as we still want someone for Odin to play with! I think I've got my heart set on a female this time, though! (I originally wanted a male and a female - but Thor came along, and was just SO beautiful, he stole my heart! And I wasn't alone - many who saw him at the shelter fell in love with him, so I feel very lucky that he came to live with us! I just hope he doesn't mind the "pesky kid" bugging him all the time! :^) ) Amy --- Amy Goldman [log in to unmask] <-- work [log in to unmask] <-- home [Posted in FML issue 1587]