Hi everyone! A few of you may remember about six months ago we posted after giving both our females a bath and the dominant one began immediately attacking the younger one. This after almost two years of blissful togetherness in the cage, in play, etc.... Well it's happened again, once again after a bath, but this time the tips we so thankfully received last time from many of you are not working as quickly. So far we have used musk oil, first on the dominant one only; now we have gone to putting a slight bit on the younger one so the differences in their smell is slowly becoming less and less. We continue to separate them, mediate interactions, etc. SOME progress has been made, but it's been three weeks already. My question is how likely is it that they will never get along the way they used to, and has anyone had any ferrets who started out liking each other and then didn't? I'm more familiar with the scenario when a new ferret is introduced and they have to warm up to each other (or never get along). Have any of you witnessed a permanent "falling out" of sorts among ferrets who used to get along? I'm very curious. We sure as hell aren't going to bathe them for a while! But I wonder if that's part of the problem - waiting too long between baths, thereby stripping the strong and familiar smell from their coats. Thanks in advance for any feedback!!!! Stacie and Rich Armstrong [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2366]