What You Need To Know About Ferrets
Ferrets belong to the same mammal family like polecats, otters, and weasels. They all have the features that are very alike. Ferrets do not belong to the rodent families, or the commonly mistaken as the same species like guinea pigs and rabbits. As we know for now, ferrets belong to the carnivorous families of Mustelidae. They are not a close relative to the pet like cats and dogs. Besides dogs and cats, ferrets are another popular type of domestic animals that a lot of people like to raise for a long time. Following are some of the amusing and interesting facts about ferrets.
– Ferret has an average life of 6-8 years.
– Male ferrets are called Hobs, female are called gibs, and the young ferrets are known as Kits. We use the term “business of ferrets” to refer to the ferrets that gathered together in small groups.
– Female ferrets are of smaller size than the male ferrets. The male ferrets can grow up to 16″ in length and weigh for about 4 lbs. The female ferrets, on the other hand, can have the weight of just 0.8 lbs or not more than 3 lbs on average, and have the height of not more than 14″.
– The average ferrets can spend about 15 or more hours sleeping each day.
– Ferrets have a very poor visual acuity, but they have a very good sense of sound hearing and smelling.
– “Furoneam” is the actual word that the word “ferret” was derived from, that has the meaning of “thief” in Latin.
– Ferrets like to hide things, and are considered as a very clever type of animals.
– Ferrets do not fear for dogs and cats, in fact, they mingle well with most of the domestic animals. Between ferrets, they often have a good interaction too.
– Ferrets need the care of human to survive, as they lack the ability to find the food themselves, and are very domesticated type of animals.
– Ferrets love to play and are belong to the active type animals.
– Ferrets love to play hide and seek game with rats and rodents.
– While ferrets are very active mammals, they can stay well in a ferret cage too. However, it is advisable for them to have regular outdoor activity for few hours each day.
By now, you should have a good knowledge and information about ferrets. If you have any plan of ferret adoption, don’t forget to understand more about ferrets.
