I would have to disagree with your statement about live food. Mine have allways fed live and have shown no special aggressiveness because of it. What I have found is that the extreme behavior is based on motion rather than temperature or smell. When they are in this peculiar defensive mode I can open a door 20 ft. from the cage and they will still do the Hood dance. Invariably they stop when I lift them out of their habitat (on a hook) and then they are fine to freehandle. The only bite I have gotten was when I reached in and picked it up barehanded.

Frank
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• FWC owners - discoferret, Wed Jul 14 13:52:48 2004
• RE: FWC owners - rearfang, Wed Jul 14 14:51:37 2004
• Maybe he doesn't like you...you can send him to me. LOL! - Sybella, Thu Jul 15 02:22:35 2004
• And, yes...you're right. A lot of people don't handle them. It's sad. np - Sybella, Thu Jul 15 02:23:35 2004
• RE: And, yes...you're right. A lot of people don't handle them. It's sad. np - rearfang, Thu Jul 15 12:11:14 2004
• RE: And, yes...you're right. A lot of people don't handle them. It's sad. n - Sybella, Thu Jul 15 14:29:04 2004
• RE: And, yes...you're right. A lot of people don't handle them. It's sad. n - rearfang, Thu Jul 15 14:51:06 2004
• RE: And, yes...you're right. A lot of people don't handle them. It's sad. n - discoferret, Fri Jul 16 08:00:26 2004
• RE: FWC owners - trust, Thu Jul 22 12:35:34 2004