I have a ferret.....................
Named Stinker...................
I would have guessed a badger, rather than a ferret, for you.
"I have a ferret.....................
Named Stinker.................."- Red Badger
Appropriately named! I had two ferrets as pets back in the early '80's. One was albino, and a good mouser. The other was sable with gender identification issues. After three vet visits, 2 declared it male, one vet declared it female. Within months the poor thing became lethargic and eventually died. Turns out it was a female in heat. It was only then we learned that unless females mate or are neutered, they will remain in heat and eventually wither and die.
As pets they can be quite entertaining...but whoa, can they stink! Jealous creatures, they.
Around the same time and with vet caring for our ailing ferret, we adopted an abandoned 8 day old Doberman and nursed her to health.
When bathing the excitable pup one day, I closed the door to the bathroom to keep distractions at bay.
Seeking attention, the sable ferret flattened out and managed to squeeze under the door (carpet on outside, tile inside threshold gave the extra inch leeway). The pup in the tub caught sight of the ferret climbing up my side and immediately started to jump out of tub forcing me back while the ferret grabbed hold of my ear by her teeth and dropped hanging from my ear. I yelped in pain hoping for help to quickly arrive while using both hands to keep wet pup from attacking the ferret hanging from my ear only to discover, I locked the bathroom door which remained out of my reach.
I found one once......It escaped from a punk who lived in the next apartment building.
I was washing my car on the side of my building when an old black lady walked by and said she had just seen a weasel. I had to laugh at that. A few minutes later, sure enough, the little guy came around the corner of my building so I picked him up and took him inside and placed him in a pet container I had.
I was going to keep him since I had always wanted one but I couldn't stand the musky smell. So Monday morning I took it to a vet who was part of a ferret rescue group that had been established here in Michigan after they had become legalized......