Ferret History

Ferret history: a fascinating chapter in the realm of domestic pet history.

Ferret history reaches back some two thousand years when ferrets were first domesticated as pets in the United Kingdom. Some people think of ferrets as wild rodents, but this is an idea very far from the truth. Ferrets have been used as pets for thousands of years, and it is believed that the modern domestic ferret descended at one time or another from the European polecat. Ferrets are also closely related to wild ferrets and minks.

This close relationship with wild animals sometimes gives ferrets a bad wrap. The truth about ferret history is that ferrets were originally domesticated to help man hunt vermin. Unfortunately ferrets are hard to tell apart from the undomesticated and sometime dangerous polecat from which they descend, as well as the minx. The truth is that these small, clean and docile creatures make great pets and hunters, and they can even be house trained, proving that ferrets are also pretty smart. The links below will offer more quality information on the natural ferret history, as well as a number of fun ferret facts. If you aren't a ferret history buff after checking out these links, then don't tell people that you are, because that would be lying.

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