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Did you know…Some common names have contributed to people assuming average house pet ferrets are aggressive like the European polecat or weasels, but the characteristics of house pet ferrets are profoundly different from that of wild mustelids. Although “weasel” is a common nickname for the ferret, ferrets are not weasels. Calling a domesticated ferret a weasel would be similar to calling a domesticated dog a wolf. Ferrets have been domesticated for over two-thousand years, and unlike their wild European polecat cousin or distant weasel cousins, ferrets have lost many of their natural instincts and cannot reproduce or survive in the wild. According to the American Ferret Association, they wouldn’t be capable of surviving for more than a few days. This applies mainly to ferrets that are solely bred as house pets, and not those that are bred for hunting.

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