Hello again, My new kit has been keeping me awful busy so I haven't had time to right, but I finally caught up on my e:mail so I'm back. I still haven't found a name for my new kit, but her nickname has quickly become little monkey (or flying monkey depending on her mood). She is quite a climber and a superior leaper. Yesterday (at 7 weeks old, still wobbling when she walks!) she decided to leap from the air conditioner (about a foot high) into the second level of her four story cage (it has doors 8"x8" on every level) through the open door about a foot and a half away. Well I nearly had a heart attack, but somehow she made it. Unfortunately today she tried the same trick, but the cage door was closed! (It's made of wire mesh and I guess she didn't see it). Oh well, she's a tough little critter and it didn't seem to deter her from her apparent determination to become the first ferret acrobat in Barnum and Bailey's. One thing that's kind of strange though - she seems to LOVE to bite metal. I know she's teething, but when I hold her and offer her my soft hand to chew, she goes straight to my metal watch! And when she's in the cage she chews all day long on the hard metal wires (mesh? I don't know what it's called but it seems too wide apart and hard to be mesh). The battle for dominance between her and Jitterbug finally took place. Monkey wanted to be in the wool lined tube and so did Jitterbug. It was the funniest thing. Monkey would go in and Jitterbug would follow, Monkey would go out and then run around to the other end and repeat the cycle. This happen for about fifteen minutes before the neck biting began. Jitterbug always seems to win, but the kit is inexhaustible so eventually Jitterbug just lays there while the kit leaps and bits to her hearts content. Jitterbug seems to be VERY depressed. She hardly ever rough houses with me and my SO anymore. And she NEVER uses her teeth anymore when she does (she used to love to attack our hands as we rolled her over and rub her belly). Now she just lays there and lets us rub. She sighs very heavy a lot and is anxious to get away from our new kit whenever possible. I am hoping it will pass, but it am worried. My SO is upset and thinks I love the new kit more (I swear I love them both equally!) and trys to encourage Jitterbug to keep biting back when they fight. There is never any blood and they do sleep together sometimes (usually the kit will wake up at 3 am, start to attack Jitterbug and then Jitterbug gets up and goes to another level to sleep), but there is definite jealousy problems. I treat them both equally, but I do mash up Monkeys food with water (which Jitterbug then always seems to want). I do take the kit out when Jitterbug seem at her wits end and put her in a different cage. I bought Monkey so Jitterbug could have a friend to play with, but she doesn't seem interested in playing with her at all. Please let me know if there's something I could do to help them get along better. Rebecca, Jitterbug, and little Monkey. [Posted in FML issue 1662]