Hi there. Someone wrote concerned about their new little ferret when it was jumping around with its mouth open and they didn't know if the fuzzy was happy or mad..well, I have four ferrets and they all have their own rituals regarding dancing around. My one female use to literally throw tantrums at me when she was a couple months old. Usually when I was teaching her to allow me to pick her up and carry her around without her struggling to get down all the time she would get upset with me. It was so funny to watch, I would hold her for a few seconds while she wriggled in my hands and finally she would stay still, once she was still i would let her down..well...thats when all the action began! She would cluck and jump around my feet pretending to be all tough and grab anything near hear that she could pick up in her teeth and shake it around (like a dog with a rag), then she would pretend to attack my feet and carry on for several minutes. eventually she grew out of this ritual and now jumps around when she wants me to play with her or wrestle with my hands. I've found it to be a happy response and an annoyed response. Another ferret i have will run laps around the house and jump sideways through the living room and then come back jumping the other direction. She likes to jump at me and get me in on all her little games. Its always fun for her. so, don't worry about it, its pretty normal for your ferret to be doing these war dances! signed, a new writer [Posted in FML issue 1719]