I HATE ferrets! They’re nasty little bighting basturds ....................................................................................... FRegards
Then be careful when you buy a poodle.
If you've been bit by a ferret, then the owners were not fluent in ferret raising. I've owned dozens of ferrets, and I've never had one bite a stranger. It's really all about how they're raised and handled. Ferrets bite out of fear. If they're acclimated to people very early on, they are the most loveable, fun creatures to have as pets.
I frequent the SPCA shelters in my area to advise them against adoptions by families with small children. Ferrets are NOT child friendly by nature, and often families buy the Marshall Farms mill ferrets from a pet store and wind up giving them up for adoption because they bit a child. It just kills me seeing the signs on their cages in the shelter: "I bite!"
Well, if you were raised properly, you wouldn't.
I'm sorry you had a bad experience with them. They are a handful as far as maintenance, but they are cute little critters.