Ferret Fun - Facts And Trivia About Pet Ferrets

<p>Prepare for ferret fun facts.The history of ferrets like most animals is full of funny facts and interesting tales. Hopefully you found them as interesting as I do.</p> <p>Their great to use to improve your ferret knowledge, test your children, or even use in a quiz. Let’s dive right in…</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>- A male ferret is called a Hob where as a female ferret is called a Jill. Baby ferrets are known as Kits (or kittens).</p> <p>- Ferrets are easy to train. They have been used in hunting, to carry wires along pipes on oil rigs, and even ferret racing. So litter training and good manners should be pretty easy. You can learn more about ferret training by checking out... Train a Ferret</p> <p>- Ferrets have an average length of roughly 20 inches. Although the men can be double the length of the females.</p> <p>- Ferrets are carnivorous. They love eating protein and shouldn’t be fed much fibre at all!</p> <p>- Luckily no-more: A game played in pubs throughout England was called ferret legging. A gentleman would tie his trouser legs tight to his ankles, two ferrets would be inserted down the legs, and then his trousers would be tied at the waist. We can be sure the men would be bitten a lot. The last man standing was declared the winner!</p> <p>- They may have poor vision, but they have fantastic smelling and hearing abilities.</p> <p>- The Latin name for ferret is Mustela Putorius Furo. I wonder if you'll remember that one in a weeks time!</p> <p>- An average ferret litter is 6 - 8 but can be up to 12! What a lot of babies!</p> <p>- Ferrets may enjoy a life of around eight years or longer! Hopefully this means you'll enjoy a long and happy time together!</p> <p>- Ferrets have been domesticated for over 2,000 years and originated from North Africa!</p> <p>- In the 1200’s the English Royal court consisted of a Ferreter. It even turned out to be fashionable for members of the clergy have ferrets as pets!</p> <p>- Like dogs ferrets can do all sorts of tricks! Many ferrets can be trained to roll over, pass through a maze, or play Fetch. More information on this can be found at: Fun Ferret Training</p> <p>- Bathing a ferret too much actually makes them smell worse! Their skin can become irritated and the oils of their fur be dried out!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>It's my hope that you enjoyed these funny facts about ferrets.&nbsp;In fact Ferret Facts are all over the place! An example of this that you might not know is that ferrets are close relatives of the skunk? And now you know where the smell comes from, Tehe.</p> <p>If you want to discover even more about great ferret care check this out:... Ferret Guide