Right after I first got Starbuck, I had cable put in. The cable guys were really nice and one of them pointed to Starbuck's cage and said "Does she bite?" Before I could answer, the other one said "If it has teeth, it bites." If you attempt to hurt or attack any animal, it will bite. I used to have a German Shepherd that was the sweetest dog in the world. She bit a 3-year-old child once because the child hurt her the way young kids do-without meaning to, and extremely painfully. Fortunately the parents were "dog people" and understood it wasn't her fault. But the point is, any animal bites when it feels threatened. On a slightly related note, the reason to have an indoor ferret vaccinated against rabies (I was wondering this too; my vet explained it to me) is that if your ferret bites someone, if it hasn't been vaccinated it will be killed. This happened in the pet store where I got Starbuck; a woman picked up a sleeping baby by THE TAIL and then when the ferret bit her she called animal control and forced them to put the ferret down. -Kate & Starbuck, the energizer ferret [Posted in FML issue 2188]