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From: Sukie Crandall
Date: 2001-04-18 20:49:00 UTC
Subject: Re: teeth grinding

>Here's a question for you...what does the teeth
>grinding of a ferret actually sound like? My 2 ferrets
>make a smacking sound when they eat, but they have
>always done that, and I've had them for almost 2 years
>now. Thanks.
>
>~CL~


It pretty much sounds like "grind, grind, grind" and they have no
food in their mouths at the time, much like when a human grinds
teeth. Sometimes they also will gag or put their hands in their
mouths.