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Ferrets as Pets

As with all other pets and pet types, there are pros and cons in keeping a Ferret as a pet.

If you’re deep in thought, mulling over getting one, read on! Weigh the pros and cons known about keeping ferrets as pets before going out of your way in getting one.

Pet Ferrets – The Pros and Cons

Known in taxonomy as Mustela putorius furo, ferrets were historically kept as “hunter’s aids”, often trained to seek out rabbits or deal with vermin like rats.

Today, they’re kept as pets, and are often dubbed as the “domesticated version of the European polecat”, in as much as dogs are viewed as domesticated versions of wolves.

Highly intelligent and affectionate, ferrets are great as pets, provided that they are given a lot of attention, and paired with a lot of active human socialization. Kits, or baby ferrets, are great with kids, and extended interaction between ferrets and human owners are known to lead to promising pet-master relationships.

However, certain considerations have to be said about keeping ferrets as pets.

For one, they are known to get into anything and everything, which means that a potential ferret owner must think about securing home items and possessions. Also, though kids are drawn to the natural cuteness of ferrets, getting one for a child isn’t really smart, given the degree of commitment that must come with owning a pet ferret.

Generally, ferrets require more attention compared to cats and/or dogs, given their generally incessant personalities. Though they do tend to create emotional bonds with their primary caretakers, ferrets tend to be fickle to take care of as they grow older.

Their lifespans are also shorter compared to cats and dogs, with most ferrets living up to 5 or 7 years old. Also, they’re considered as illegal pets to keep in certain states (like in Hawaii and in California).

Bottom line, if you’re thinking of getting a ferret because they’re easier to maintain than cats or dogs, reconsider getting one.

If you can totally commit to have a furry incessant pet that gets into everything and requires regular interaction and monitoring, then you’re on a good start towards becoming a pet ferret owner.

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True Wild Life | Ferret | The ferret is a domestic animal thought to be native to Europe. The ferret is thought to be a subspecies of polecat and the ferret has the same long shaped body as a polecat and a weasel. The ferret is thought to have been domesticated around 2,500 years ago, which is roughly the same time that a number of animals such as the donkey and goat were put to domestic use. The ferret is used to help farmers hunt out rabbits and the ferret does this by crawling into the rabbit burrows, with the ferret using its incredibly shaped flexible body to its advantage as a ferret is often small than many rabbits. The rabbit is scared out of the burrow by the invading ferret and uses one of the many burrow exits to get away from the ferret intruder.

Today the ferret is becoming an increasingly popular pet worldwide, due to the small size of the ferret and its quiet temperament. There are laws about ferret restrictions in a number of countries, to try and prevent the ferret from becoming a pest, as ferrets can be fairly destructive if released into the wild particularly if the ferret is not native to the country in question. Most ferrets spend an average of 18 hours asleep every day and it has been noted that ferrets sleep for about six hours at a time before waking up to play and eat and the ferret will generally return it its next sleeping section after an hour or so. Ferrets have also been observed being most active at dusk and dawn when it is not fully light or dark.

Ferrets are renowned for playing their own version of hide and seek, which is particularly noticeable with those ferrets that are kept as pets. Although it is not certain exactly what the ferret will hide, owners have reported finding secret stashes of anything from toys to remote controls and keys, and even bags of of onions and slices of pizza.

Ferrets are small carnivorous mammals and therefore a pet ferrets diet should mainly consist of meat. In the wild, ferrets will mainly hunt mice and small rabbits and sometimes, the ferret will be lucky enough to feed on a small bird.