Here are some ferret fun facts:
- An unspayed female ferret is called a jill while a spayed female is a sprite. An intact male is a hob and a neutered male is called a gib. Baby ferrets are called kits.
- Ferrets have been domesticated for thousands of years; in fact, on the walls of some Egyptian tombs there are pictures of ferret-like creatures on leashes.
- Ferrets have no inherent fear of humans.
- A newborn ferret is so small that it can fit into a teaspoon!
- All ferret kits have white fur at birth.
- After kithood (6-8 weeks of age) ferrets make very few sounds.
- The average ferret lives to be 6 or 7 years old.
- Ferrets like to crawl into small dark spaces to sleep.
- Ferrets are members of the mink family.
- Ferrets can sleep so soundly that they cannot be woken up even when picked up and jostled.
- A small ferret may be able to squeeze through a hole just over an inch in diameter.
Ferret Business, Minks, Weasels, Kits, Hobs, Jills
- Ferrets, Minks and Weasels belong to the same family
- Ferrets are not rodents
- Ferrets sleep an average of 18-20 hours a day
- Ferrets are the third most popular pet in the U.S.
- The name ferret comes from the Latin "furonem" which means "thief"
- A ferret develops their full personality in about 8 to 10 weeks
- Baby ferrets open their eyes around 34 days of age
- All kits are born pink and gain their color at 3 weeks of age
- A jill can have 1 to 15 kits in a litter
- Caesar used ferrets for hunting and Aristotle wrote about them
- Stealing and hiding objects is part of their natural nesting instinct
- Ferrets are often referred to as nature's clowns
- A ferrets breeding season is from December to August
- Ferrets less than one year old are called "Kits"
- A family group of ferrets is a "Business"
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