Ferrets are very cute. My sister had one a while ago--Fey (his name) lasted about 8 years. You need to get a cage, special ferret food, and lots of attention towards the little one. I've heard people saying that ferrets need to have another ferret companion, I'm not sure about that. Fey was always the only one of his kind at my mom's house except that I had two dogs living there at the same time. All of them got along very well. Ask if he needs to be vaccinated, I can't remember, though, if Fey was. Oh, they like to sleep a lot. Good luck to you both, hopefully you like the little one and decide to keep it.
. they're so cute and its really fun to watch them play. Ferrets are somewhat delicate and very mischevious. they live 6-8 years. you need a spacious cage for it, like one with multiple levels. be prepared to play with it a lot! and the other big part of owning a ferret, you get to clean up *a lot* of poo. you don't really need special ferret food, you just need food with high protein content. i've found purina kitten chow to be the best. since i switched, their coats have become more shiny and soft. they can stink too, but not too bad. giving them a bath helps, but you can't do that more than every 6-8 weeks. they're escape artists! if she/he is out, watch those doors/holes/etc. be careful what you leave on the floor because they can either hide stuff (like shoes and rubber things) or eat it which can cause an intestine blockage which is really bad news and quite expensive to fix. i can go on and on, so pm me if you have any questions. they're not as easy as most people think to care for properly so if you don't think you can do it, there are many nice ferret rescues you can take it to.
