Have to partially disagree with the Killians about hobs in rut being TeddyBears towards people. I currently have four of the aforementioned in the house. Two are sweet as can be towards me. One has become very territorial of his cage- I can not put my hand in to take out littler pan, feed him, etc. without him being aggressive and snapping at me or nipping me. He is generally fine outside of the cage though. One of the other hobs is very nippy towards me. He grabs onto me and tries to drag me along as if I were his Jill, and gets very upset if I do not go. I do agree that leaving them intact is quite stressful on them. I am nuetering one of these, vasectimizing one, and will continue to stud one for another year or so. The last of the four does not belong to me, however I believe his owner plans on nuetering him in the near future. -Anne [Posted in FML issue 2108]