I have always thought they were cute but never really put much thought into them. But yesterday we were at petco buying stuff for my fishtank filters and there was the cutest funniest little one I have ever seen.

Previously I thought the only small animal I would ever want would be a chinchilla, but he was really fun!

He was totally interactive and playful and was having a blast performing for us. He was also really sweet when I held him and just overall a cool little animal.

I don't know much about them, and certainly wouldn't buy one from petco...but he did catch my interest.

Does anyone know any good resources or must have information about these little guys?

We had one for 6 1/2 years but 20+ years ago. My son was about 10 when we got her from a private breeder WAY before they were hardly ever thought of as pets. A friend took the 2 males kits from the same litter. I have heard that the ones out there now do not last very long. I don't remember what they atribute that to. You will have to use a vet that handles exotics, as many do not, although now may not be as much of an issue as they have become pretty popular as pets. They do need to be spayed & descented as the females can get alplasic anemia(sp) if not bred & they still have a slightly musky order even when descented. Freequent bathing takes care of most of it. They are very cat like in their play, can be trained to use a letter pan & are alot of fun. They make a very cute sound when excited & happy & do a happy dance. We enjoyed her. They have alot a special foods out for them now, they had just started to have fetter food when we had 'Muffin'. They do like to get into the sides of furniture & other close places & often this is their demise as they get closed in recliner chairs etc. They like to hide under scatter rugs etc. too. So they have to be let out of their cage to run & play but must be really watched & in a ferret-proofed room. They do pretty well at climbing up things but not so great getting back down & will fall off things that they have climbed. They do need to be supervised when out. We had a great time with her. She was very sweet. BTW... they do nip unless taught not to. Funny, I just happen to find some pics of her with my son, last week, that were tucked away.

I am sure that their are books & web sites devoted to information on them these days. There was very little about them when we got ours. I had to do a bit of research on feeding & care etc.

I really don't think one would be the best pet for us at this time, I would be so worried the dogs would somehow get him or even our cat. But I did fall a little bit in love yesterday so I am doing some research to see what I think afterwards.

Totally off topic but as a teeneager I shut our cat in a recliner and chopped her tail off. It was horrible!!
She lived a long happy life after that though, just with a short tail

I don't think it's off topic at all! My friend had ferrets for years and they would routinely get in her furniture and she was constantly trying to chase them out... I think that that's something to consider if you are going to get one. One day the ferret got in her couch and would not come out for two weeks! They thought it died. It finally crawled out but I think it must have been coming out during the night, eating out of the garbage, and drinking out of the dog's bowl. And pooping and peeing in the house. I would have a problem with that.

I know some locals that have trained them to hunt rabbits, it's scary to watch.......

Remebering the stories about the ferretmeisters. LOL They were used in Europe for ages as mousers.

I was reading that they were used to run cables for the wedding of princess Diana, that is pretty cool!

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I know some locals that have trained them to hunt rabbits, it's scary to watch.......

There are ferreting vids on youtube. It's a pretty interesting process.

My brother had ferrets when I lived in Colorado. They're cute but no thanks. They do stink (like smelly socks) and get into everything. I remember one fine morning having to get one out of the garbage disposal.

Wow, I'm shocked that there are videos - it's mega illegal to hunt with them.......

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Wow, I'm shocked that there are videos - it's mega illegal to hunt with them.......

Apparently not in parts of the UK. Gordon Ramsay had a thing on his show with them.