Hi Melanie I have a female...Phoebe, who does pretty much the same thing. She goes nuts! Taz my male silver mitt will come out of nowhere take it from me and go hide it...he's so cute!!! I now use it to round up the clan. even though they all don't react so excitedly about it they will all come out of hiding:) I think they now assosciate it with getting treats which I do when I put them in their cage for the night. Well I thought i'd respond because I couldn't believe the way some of them react to it or the cute noises they make. HAPPY FERRETING!!!! NIKKI AND THE SEVEN DWARFS [Posted in FML issue 2108]