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How to keep Ferrets as pets?

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  Ferrets They are carnivores but many people keep ferrets as pets. Mostly ferrets are used as the laboratory animals for research and experiments. They are not exciting pets but people are liking them nowadays. Ferrets as pets spend most of their time sleeping like cats. Restraining The ferret as pet can be restrained like cats, such as the head is dorsally flexed. Handling The ferrets as pets are gentle animals and can be handled with bare hands but care should be taken while handling a sick one or mother with ferret babies. They can be picked by placing a hand across the shoulders, the forefinger of that hand around the neck, and the other fingers around the chest behind the forelimbs. They can also be picked like the guinea pig, holding the loose skin by one hand and supporting the hindquarter with the other hand.   Housing ·                      F...