William Chenoweth wrote: >I will train him not to bite at all if that's what I'm supposed to do, but >I would really hate to accidentally train him not to play like a ferret. It's up to you, and depends on how he'll be interacting with other people. If you think he'll be around active small kids, it's certainly safest to teach him not to put his teeth on people at all, but if he only play-nips when you're tickling him, I'd say that's fine. Our ferrets know the difference between one of us tickling them on the bed, and some five-year-old holding them in her arms. (We do keep a careful eye on any children we let hold them, though.) They also know very well the difference between people and other animals, and have no problems at all chomping on each other or on a cat, so there's not much risk of you training the ferret play out of him. -- - Pam Greene Ferret Central <http://www.optics.rochester.edu:8080/users/pgreene/> or send INDEX FERRET in email to <[log in to unmask]> [Posted in FML issue 1810]