I have posted a few times recently about my female Charmaine. She is the ferret who gained .2lbs in 2 weeks and has started attacking the other ferrets if they try to eat. She went to our vet who believesit is just behavioral he has admitted he doesn't qualify as an expert in ferrets though. Today she was playing around the house while my husband laid on the floor with our 4 month baby (human baby). My husband, Skot,got up to answer the phone, that took like 2 steps. Charmaine ran up to the baby and grabbed her arm and bit hard enough to draw a small amount of blood. My husband was within reaching distance so he grabbed Charmaine and put her in her seperate cage. The vet recommended seperating her for the majority of the day so we could monitor feeding since she will eat till she can't consume anymore. She has started nipping at me as well if I try to pick her up out of the cage. She is 2 years old and we just got her and another female (they were raised together) in June. She was really good with people up to about mid Aug. Just like over night she decided to rule humans and start biting. She is not attacking but does mean to bite deliberately. I love her, but if she continues to make deliberate attempts at biting my child I think she would be elsewhere. It isn't fair to keep her locked up while the others play. I do not want to get rid of her. I want to fix the problem but I'm not sure how to go about disciplining her for this behavior. Hopefully somebody can help. Does anybody know if it could be medical, is there any condition that would cause her to get so crabby and have a total behavioral change? I'm willing to go to other vets if need be. I just want my cuddly Charmaine who liked to cuddle on my lap back to her normal self. Thanks Alicia [Posted in FML issue 2422]