[tops911]

I had a ferret for about 7 years untell I had to have put to sleep.
His health got real bad at the end. If you train them they are nothing like people are saying. When little they can bite hard however you train them not to bite. Ours never bit hard once we let him know how to play with us. They love to play and stay playful all their life. there is nothing like the weasle war dance; when they get excited they jump (dance) around. They are one of the only animals that will play with differnt animals. He was litter box trained but was not 100% on it. If the litter box was in another room he might not make it to the litter box. We ended up putting boxes in the corners that he wanted to use. I would not let them have total free range in a house they get into too much stuff. We would put him in a cage at night or when nobody could watch him.He did have the habit of chewing on things that were not good for him. He would of never survived in the wild. The ferrets I've been around have no real survival skills. He was not afraid of 2 large Doberman dogs, he just wanted to play. As for the odor, we gave him a bath about every 2 weeks, so he did not realy smell. He did smell like a ferret if you put your nose up against him, but the house did not reek. No one ever came to the house and ever noticed the smell.
The ferrets sold in the pet trade in the US are already descented and nutered. There are some health issues with ferrets from the US. The adrenal glands are the biggest problem. We had to have his removed, $1200. He had cancer realy bad, I find it hard that he lived as long as he did as sick as he was. He was a thief, if something caught his eye he would take it and hide it. It took me a day to find my wallet, he hid it under the book shelves. I would tell you to read some books about them and then decide if one is for you. But they are not like the bs that is always being quoted