We used to have ferrets, way back in the late 70s. We had 2 like that one, and 2 albinos. We tried to keep the males and females seperated but they got together somehow and we went from 4 to 14 ferrets and had to sell 10 babies. We sold them all not long after that.

From what I remember ( I was just a kid ), They were stinky, hyperactive and destructive, they loved to bite, especially that thin skin between your thiumb and pointing finger and they were always hiding or running away. We had litter boxes for them but they would usually go hide under the couch and leave us a little something special there where it was hard to get to.

If you neuter them they are a lot better behaved and not so stinky but they still aren't likely to act like a cat and really don't make the best pets. The coolest thing I remember about them is one of them loved to drink beer and would stagger around the living room drunk.