Ferret

A Ferret's Life: Beginning to End NEW!
zro: More than just a ferret
The life and death of an incredible spirit and the harsh beginnings of life in a ferret mill. This is Rosco's story, the little ferret that set me on course to getting a business degree and helping with the growing problem of homeless ferrets. Many people don't realize what they are getting into when they buy that fuzzy baby ferret in the pet shop and have not researched the specific needs of ferrets before bringing them home. How can you help ferrets for no-cost to you? Intertwined is a gre...

Bringing Home a Ferret
Meet Roxie Lady!
Before we had the dogs (Buddy and Trixie), there was Roxie Lady, our albino ferret. We bought her when she was a 6 week old kit from the breeder. Among the litter of 8 baby ferrets, she was one of two albinos and the runt of all the ferrets. It hadn't been that long since we put our dog Wendy to sleep. Something we hoped to never have to go through again. We vowed not to have another pet. But for that short period, it wasn't the same in our household. Our daughter kept reading up on ferrets...

KIT KARMA (a.k.a. Ferret Mania)
Welcome to the world of "Ferret Mania"...
Kit  (November 2003 - November 7, 2009)  It's a "Dook-Dook" world since Kit became part of my household in November 2003... An early Christmas present to myself from the local Petco... If I had known a ferret would be this much fun I would've gotten one years ago! Kit is a male, sable colored ferret with a lovable curiousity that seems to always get him in trouble... a smart, playful creature that always warms my heart and makes me smile... even when he is rearranging my bedroom or at...

Ferret Facts and Information
Ferret!
The ferret is a domestic mammal of the type Mustela putorius furo. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators with males being substantially larger than females. They typically have brown, black, white, or mixed fur, have an average length of approximately 20 inches (51 cm) including a 5 inch (13 cm) tail,weigh about 1.5-4 pounds (0.7-2 kg), and have a natural lifespan of 7 to 10 years. Several other small, elongated carnivorous mammals belonging to the family Mustelidae (weasels) also have th...

F Is For Ferret
The ferret is a member of the weasel family. Due to the fact that wild ferrets are endangered, some US states have bans against owning any ferrets as pets in an attempt to prevent people releasing domestic ferrets into the wild population. In the states where they are permitted as pets, they have grown in popularity over the past few decades due to their fun personalities and the fact that they are as easy to care for as cats.