Nikki: If you already have one ferret who didn't take kindly to a new addition, I'd go with a separation at first. Do the bedding switching trick, and closely supervise the initial meetings between old and new. Eventually, as with all animals, they're going to figure their relationship out for themselves. But at first you should try to intervene if they get too nasty with each other. My crew always adapted well to additions - Sculley "stole" Buster for the first week and hide him with the rest of her stash, but that was all she did. They got along great after that, and the third ferret, Baby, didn't have any problems with the older two when she arrived. But it depends greatly on the ferrets, and it sounds like your first fuzzie could be put out at first. Since you probably can't shell out for a new cage, you could devise some sort of divider in your existing cage. Or you could let the new ferret sleep in the animal/cat carrier at night for the first few nights - not exactly a great arrangement, but it'll do for the first 2-3 days. And then let them play & interact as much as possible (so long as they're not being hostile) so they can get used to each other. And when they wear out from playing and fall asleep, put them together (outside the cage) so they can snuggle & get used to sleeping near each other, but can scoot away quickly if one wakes up and starts beating up the other. Just a few ideas, Kat Kat Neumeyer Research Associate, Pharmacor Decision Resources (781) 487-3758 PH (781) 487-5750 FAX [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2542]