Love these smelly guys....I had a few in my days...this one big boy I called Long John....he would hide when company came and as they walked by where he was hiding, he would jump out in front of them and...do this funny laugh and run away.....scared the pants off my friends...this type of ferret is not the wild black footed ferret. If they get out in the wild they usually die. And if the female is not spayed and does not breed she will die........sad.