Hi there me again, I posted yesterday about taking one of me fuzzys to show and tell for my daughter. I just wanted to share an update with you all...... I will be bringing Stinky, I was originally thinking of Pepper because he is a calmer ferret and will stay in my arms with out much of fight. He is more content of the two, whereas Stink will be *sceaming* to be put down so that she may join in the fun with the kids. My reason for taking Stinky is quite simply because she has *never* bitten not even we rough house. Pepper on the other hand is getting worse, he used to bite when we played and when he was very excited (what I would call a playfull biter). Lately he has included getting my attention to his list of bites.... Today I walked into the room to clean out the cage and he jumped on my leg biting me, I shook him off and yelled at him, he went wardancing away having a great time for himself. After that I was cleaning out the cage, shaking out the towels to remove the bits of food they like to leave when he *attacked* my arm (by that I mean he was playing jumping high and bouncing off the sides of the cage again having a grand time for himself). He has gotton me a good four times this week all four were hard enough to break skin and cause me to bleed. The first two have even left a small bruise where he bit. I have tried putting him in his cage after these incidents put he just goes to sleep after a minute or two and Stinky gets her feeling hurt I think by being locked out. She claws at the door to be let in so I then end up leaving the door open after only 5 minutes of puinshment for Pepper. I'm thinking five minutes is more than enough time since he ignores his punishment anyway.... am I right or wrong on this one? Also I'm not crazy about hitting him but I must admit I grabbed him (he wouldn't let go of my arm) and swatted his nose area. I didn't do it very hard as he is so small but he did let go and just look at me like hey what was that for. Does anyone think a flick on the nose would work better than a time out? I'm lost as to what I should try next, he is not biting in defense or because he is angry those I could almost understand, this is just his way of playing. Both babies are only seven months old and very active. Any help would be greatly appreciated by me and Pep the bully boy. Thanks again, Deanna P.S. I bought Totally Ferret a few weeks ago and have noticed a significant improvement in thier coats appearance or is that because Fall is coming? They were eating Iams Kitten before that. [Posted in FML issue 2057]