Hey, welcome back.
I'm Clover and today is National Ferret Day so I'm going to share the 50 most interesting
secrets I know about one of the most awesome creatures people like to keep as pets – after
cats and dogs of course – the extremely playful ferret!
Believe it or not, an estimated five to seven million ferrets are kept as pets in the Untied
States stimulating me to be quite curious about what is true and not true about these
little beasties.
Contrary to popular belief, ferrets are not rodents.
They are members of the same family as weasels, minks and skunks.
They are however thieves willing to steal and hoard anything especially small items
like your car keys, jewelry, really whatever they find attractive on a given day.
You definitely don't want to spend half your time searching for your ferrets hidden
stash of stolen goods so make sure if you get a ferret for a pet you invest in toys.
Lots and lots of toys.
See, the name ferret actually translates to smelly little thief so without plenty to keep
them busy they will steal.
Don't think you can get away with simply hiding all your most valuable items from the
ferret either.
Ferrets have an excellent sense of smell and hearing and will likely ferret out any hiding
spot you can come up with.
Ferrets also have interesting eyes that can definitely see long and short wavelengths
meaning colors like reds and blues but also likely see some ultraviolet light which again
might give them an edge in their thieving ways.
And yes, ferrets are smelly in their natural state.
Being closely related the skunk, a ferret can emit an awful, odorous smell when they
get overexcited or scared.
The also have scent glands below and behind their ears leading to a habit humans seem
to find quite cute but disgusts most of us animals.
See, ferrets will hold their hand over their nostrils and blow, dislodging some moisture
and scent.
Then they will rub their paws behind their ears and forward over their faces in a way
that looks like they are washing but really they are just spreading their stench around.
I understand that if a ferret trusts you, you an transfer some of this habit into nose
blowing on a tissue instead of on their paws but I guarantee nothing.
And… if he really likes you he might just scent you too.
As such, you should bathe your ferret, but only about once every few months.
In between you will have to suffer whatever smells they have because over bathing actually
makes for smellier ferret.
See, the ferrets fur is quite oily and if you wash too many of these natural oils away
you just simulate the fur to produce more oil.
In fact, not only will the removed oils be quickly replaced, the body might go into overdrive
and supersize those oils.
All that stinky information aside, the ferrets sold as house pets are actually much less
stinky than the wild ancestors found in Europe, Asia and North Africa because ferrets sold
as pets are usually descented meaning their stinkiest glands are removed.
If you can get past the smell, ferrets are amazing pets.
They do sleep an average of 14 -20 hours a day and are most often naturally active at
dawn or dusk.
A pet ferret might sync its schedule to better match its humans.
Regardless of the time when ferrets are awake you are sure to be entertained.
First there is the dancing.
Like the hypnotic dance wild ferrets perform to send their prey into a trance, the domestic
ferret will dance whenever it plays or is particularly happy.
When thy dance, They arch their backs, puff their tails and move rhythmically from side
to side.
Then there's the climbing.
Ferrets love to climb and will climb curtains that touch the floor, shelves, furniture and
anything else that looks like fun to scale.
If they get startled during their play, they will puff out their tails and sometimes hiss
just like we cats do.
Oh yeah.
Don't mistake that for play or else you are likely to get nipped by some of the ferrets
four kinds of teeth and that can definitely sting.
As I said before, ferrets like to steal and when they aren't hiding their ill gotten
gains they spend quite a bit of time hiding their food in little caches throughout the
house so I guess you could say they are also usually good for a game of hide and seek the
ferret hoard.
When nothing else interesting is going on, ferrets enjoy getting your attention by nipping
the end of your toes.
I warn you, it might hurt.
See ferrets have particularly thick skin so they can bite each other quite hard without
inflicting any real damage or maybe they bite hard on toes because of all the flailing and
squealing it stimulates out of the human.
Either way, keep your tootsies covered or be prepared.
If you are a particularly good ferret owner, you might actually get to see a ferret wag
its tail something like a dog.
If it happens, its because your ferret loves you and feels privileged to be your pet.
If not, don't despair.
Tail wagging in ferrets happens but it isn't anywhere near as common as dog tail wagging.
Despite that rarity Ferrets can also be quite communicative with other creatures and people.
They make a variety of sounds including chuckling, hissing, screaming and what I like to call
the ferret chitter chatter that sometimes comes out when they do their ferrety dance.
Beyond being the third most popular pets in the United States, ferrets are also known
to be good employees.
Given the ferrets love of burrowing, its no surprise that humans have figured out a way
to put this skill to
Humans have trained ferrets to run though pipes to string wire, clear clogs, and even
find missing objects.
Ferrets have flexible ribs that allow them to run through very small spaces making their
assistance with some jobs invaluable.
Ferrets have also been kept as hunting companions for millennia.
There is even a name for hunting with ferrets – its called ferreting.
If you decide to adopt a ferret, you will likely have an array of colors to choose from
including dark eyed white, black sable, sable, silver, albino, cinnamon and chocolate.
Though as ferrets age, their coat can turn grey or white and ferrets often molt in the
spring and fall with their fur changing to a lighter tone in winter and a darker tone
in the summer.
Your new pet will likely grow to be between one and five and a half pounds and between
eight and eighteen inches long.
Their tails carry the prize though growing up to half the length of the entire rest of
the ferret body and averaging between three and seven and a half inches.
If you get a ferret, remember that while they can live alone, they are quite social and
you might want to get more than one.
If you have a solitary ferret you are likely to spend a lot of your time entertaining it.
If you have a bunch of ferrets, you can say you have a business of ferrets since that's
the name for a ferret family group.
Domesticated ferrets can be litter box trained though make sure you put plenty of them around.
Stores actually sell triangular shaped litter boxes you can place in corners since that
is how ferrets like to go.
They back their hind end into a corner and, well, you know.
Placing litter boxes in whatever corners your ferret likes best will save you lots of disgusting
work later.
Ferrets are also carnivores.
While they will eat food made for domestic cats it really isn't what's best for them
since their bodies need a tremendously high meat content with every meal.
You'll need to always keep plenty of food and water available too since ferrets have
extremely high metabolisms and digest their meals within 2-3 hours and then they will
need to eat again, and again, and again all day long.
On the subject of food, make sure you keep raisins and grapes away from your ferret though
because they can suffer kidney disease if they eat these fruits the same way your dog
or your cat will.
Ferrets like to sleep curled up in a ball with other ferrets which is another good reason
to have multiples since no one wants to wake up with a ferret curled on their face.
Most breeders only offer ferrets that are fixed but you will definitely want to check
to make certain.
Unfixed female ferrets, called jills can have between one and fifteen kits per litter giving
you a high chance of ending up with your very own business and not in a good, making money
kind of way.
Though maybe it is since newborn ferrets are small enough to fit inside a teaspoon and
are awfully cute.
No, a business of ferrets in the house would be bad for most of us.
Ask if the ferret is a jill a female that can have kits or a spirte a female that cannot
have kits.
If you get a male, ask for a gib or a neutered male and avoid the hobs or intact males.
Youll be glad you did.
Don't get the domestic ferret confused with the only wild, native species of ferret in
North America black footed ferret that lives out west in places like Wyoming, Montana,
South Dakota and Arizona either.
They are a little wilder and likely not as good as pets as the domestic ferret with European
origins you usually find for sale in pets stores.
So now you know all the curious things about America's third most popular pet.
Don't forget click subscribe so you can be as clever as a Curious Cat can make you
and come back tomorrow to find out where curiosity took the cat, namely me.
See you then!
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