When I lived in Texas as a kid we had a storm and a black-footed ferret showed up on our patio. It was weakened and hungry. So my addle-brained step-father and his brother decided that it would make a good pet. I still have nightmares. It made the most horrible noises. It stank. And then it tore through the bathroom door and killed my cat. It also started to pull and shake my bedroom door. I thought that it was going to kill me too (I was only 8 years old). Needless to say...even regular ferrets give me the creeps to this day. --Rebekah--