As I said, I dont open the hutch armed with a broom and cs gas, If a kip nips, I give it a light tap (note light tap, not a haymaker) and say no, NEVER had a hand shy ferret, trouble is most folk can't differentiate between a correction and a pasting...................
Different strokes and all that.................
As I said, don't/never have/never will smack my girls............