>...introduce my very first girl ferret, Casey...< Adrienne: Welcome to the FML. You will learn a lot here! Hope the Nip and Litterbox Training FML posts compilations I privately emailed you help out. Totally Ferret's phone # (Performance Foods, Inc.) 513-890-7784 It is not sold in some states, so you may have to order it UPS. Five pound bag is about $16.00. My Girls' summer weight is: Chipper 1.25 and Gina 1.50. Winter weight is: Chipper 1.75 and Gina 2.00. They are healthy, happy and both about 2.5 yo. Gina makes a "gasping" noise when we play chase (attack the feet/ferret game) - up and down the stairs, thru the bedrooms, back down to the kitchen, thru the living room around the coffee table, back upstairs - repeat 5 times. Chipper refuses to play chase, i.e. I can chase *her*, but she will not chase *me*. <sigh, less exercise for me.> I fert-sat recently with a 5mo old female, Corky, who often hissed while playing with Gina. Hissing is usually considered as anger or fear, but Corky was just talking (neither were playing rough) - maybe her way of "dooking". Shari http://www.phy.duke.edu/ferrets/ [Posted in FML issue 1667]