First off, thank you all for the thunderous response. To date, 30 of you replied to my posting lamenting the nasty biting habits my two females had developed. My partner John and I have sifted through all of your suggestions, tried many, and things have begun to change. In general, pouring on the tender loving care has helped significantly, as has inserting the bitten finger deeper into the ferret's mouth so she gags on it. Adding a docile male to the menagerie has also seemed to mellow things out. Now Puddin and Rosie have Smudge to fuss over. Speaking of Smudge, do any of you have ferrets with white mitts, sable torsos, white shoulders and heads, and small irregular patches of dark hairs on the head? I've never seen one with such irregular coloring! Peter [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2785]