Kimberly, have you tried the bitter apple paste on the new guy rather than the spray? Every so often someone posts that bitter apple is not effective, but I would be very surprised if many ferrets could tolerate the paste. The paste might not be very fun on your hands, but works well for me on the cords (which I think mine won't chew, but I don't want that to be famous last words). If we don't have the paste in the faq, we should. Todd Cromwell III Dors and Seldon [Posted in FML issue 2103]