Let me start off by saying that my fiance *and* my mother were oh so generous to both get me a ferret for my birthday which now makes 9 fuzzies.. Both of the new ones are Blazes.. hmm ironic .. But i have a question about dominance .. ok i thought that my NewGuy was the alpha because he would pick on and drag about any new ferret that came into the family .. He is the second oldest .. but now that we have two new additions all of a sudden my youngest Morocco(before the other 2 were introduced) became absolutely psychotic.. Usually when i introduce new ferrets to NewGuy he drags em around a lil but then it stops, the longest being about a week .. when i introduced Morocco to the two lil ones he literally jumped on their necks and started *shaking* them so hard..i was so scared cuz having so many other ferrets i thought i would think that this would have happened already.. Morocco when around us, is the most loving, cuddly fuzzy, i would never think he had a dominant streak ..when this first happened, I grabbed Morocco and he would not let go of her .. i had to try to pry his jaws open to get him off of her and she gave me a nice nip in the process.. i switched bedding and everything and tried putting him near the new ones and he goes right for the neck ( i pull him away before he could get them of course ) then after these little episodes, he runs around looking for *any* ferret toy, or anything that looks like one and stashes it.. that is the weirdest part.. one by one .. he has never taken any toys before this! He has never bothered any of the older ferrets .. and NewGuy has never bothered the one older than him .. so is this really dominance? I have never seen a ferret fight like this and im afraid they will not get along .. Is this how it starts for anyone out there who have ferrets that don't get along? I would also like to say that i have been on this list for well over a year and its amazing how much i have cried, laughed and learned.. Somebody always has advice for me when i need it most and are among the most caring people i know .. i really appreciate it.. BTW, love the skeeter posts! :) Nichole and the *9* fuzzies Ricochet, NewGuy, Sydney, Jedda, Quinn, Yukon, Morocco, Killian and (no name yet heh) [Posted in FML issue 2625]