>>Has anyone noticed that ferrets bite? Even the sweetest, if the >>circumstances present themselves, just cannot be trusted. > >I can *not* just stand by and take that! My ferret has NEVER EVER bitten >anyone other than *mock* biting... I have to agree here. A couple of my ferrets bite, a couple never ever bite (not even mock biting, never lay teeth on your skin), and a couple will playfully (and gently) grab your hand in play (with feet as well as mouth). You really can't generalize about anything alive, really. --Barb-- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- Barbara Carlson Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA [log in to unmask] Work: (412) 268-1342 Home: (412) 481-5927 http://www.gsia.cmu.edu/andrew/bcarlson/home.html (under construction) Thought for the day: If "boring women have immaculate homes," I must be very interesting! -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- [Posted in FML issue 2188]