I guess the subject says it all. Yes, we have had ferrets who never bit in their lives with us and we are talking about years and years, with some who arrived as young kits and lived long full lives. We also had one who never intentionally bit a human but I once had my nose get between her and a ferret she was in a big argument with. She got so upset when she did that that she screamed and fainted! Heck, I've had ferrets which climbed on me while I was in the tub and tried to nurse and you KNOW I'd never let one without trustworthy mouth manners do that. Yes, we have also had ones which never even nipped (pinching without skin breaking), though all have at one point of another carefully held a finger in play or led us somewhere very gently by the finger to show us something. We have also rehabed abused ferrets and trained once with handicaps including one who was seriously intellectually impaired (clinically retarded -- not just slow), and I haven't met one, yet, who can't be trained with enough love, medical attention when there is a medical or dental cause(including bad teething -- such as with a baby tooth jammed in the gum between two adult teeth), times-out, and other smart non-punishment ploys to not bite although a small minority will still pinch now and then to get attention. If you want a ferret which doesn't bite then be gentle yourself. (We've had ferrets for something in the neighborhood of 15 years.) Sukie [Posted in FML issue 2188]