First off I'm a new ferret owner. We have a 4 month old male neutered and descented male. Originally we thought he was a cinnamon..but now i'm not sure what he is. I've realzed he is a mitt, as he has the white bib and four white feet..his color is white or light ceam underneath and he has blackish/dark gray(really looks more black though) outer coat. His face is almost all cream although around his ears he has almost tan markings. Anybody know what he could be? He also has a little blue streak on his nose and his eyes are very dark..they look black to me. Now for behavior problems I can't solve. The most annoying is his tendency to grab at your nose and bite hard enough to hang off it if allowed to. Somebody suggested scruffing him when he did it..that pissed him off more and he took to biting fingers too. Somebody suggested squirting him with a squirt gun..he seemed to think it was great fun to chase the water so that didn't work. Another suggest lemon juice on our nose and fingers..that didn't really deter him either. I know he's young but I'm worried he won't outgrow this and I'm 7 months pregnant and would like to see some improvement before our baby arrives. I will not let the ferret around the baby unsupervised tho..he will be confined to a bedroom or the hallway to play if the baby is on the floor. Another annoying habit he has is burrowing in his litter pan. He only does this when it is first cleaned. It used to only happen with his litter pan outside the cage, but recently the cage pan is getting burrowed through as well. We use clumping cat litter and I'm not so sure it's healthy for him to ingest through his nose. I've looked for other litters but the one pet store in my town doesn't carry it, nor will he order anything for me. Another question I have is whether ferrets go thru a bout of jealousy with the arrival of a baby. Fidgit (our little guy's name) is spoiled rotten getting pretty much anything he wants and he gets to spend most of the evenings outside his cage running around our apt. With the baby I won't be quite as comfy letting him roam free and just wondered what things I could do to help him adjust. We have a bunny for him to play with, but the bunny is still adjusting to him. Fidgit has a habit of chewing her ears...silly ferret. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.. Alicia, Skot, & FIdgit [Posted in FML issue 2227]