Quarantine has taken a toll on many peoples’ regular day to day lives and has given many a total reset on how they go about their day.People have had to find new jobs to continue to make money or have picked up new hobbies in order to pass the time. Nevertheless, there is one other activity that has also increased, the introduction of various animal friends to families and households. 

    Nowadays, there is a variety of animals that regularly become pets. We have a multitude of options such as dogs, cats, fish, mice and birds. However, there is one pet that brings a bundle of different chores and activities based entirely on its nature, behaviors and physical shape; that pet is the ferret.

    Ferrets are from the same family as weasels, but you can sum them up as a cat mouse hybrid whose behavior is that of an aggressive snake hunting its prey in the wild. They are very slithery and incredibly flexible due to their lack of a proper back bone, and they are quite slippery and sneaky at times.

    Living with a ferret is the very definition of chaos depending on their personality. Like all other pets, each one can have their own unique traits and characteristics. The ferrets I live with are named Lila and Stitch, and they are polar opposites of one another. Lila is an all white ferret who tends to be on the clumsy side and enjoys exploring everywhere (including difficult-to-reach places like the inside of your coach). Stitch on the other hand is a ginger colored ferret whose main goal in life is to play and find as many objects to play with as possible. Once he is awake, there isn’t a moment in the day where he is not running around, playing in the house or exploring.

    Despite the mayhem they bring to a household, ferrets also bring joy to a home through their strange mini-adventures; my ferrets find themselves in situations that really don’t make sense, but with a ferret, you should never question their actions. For example, my ferrets occasionally find ways to escape the house and explore the outside. They always come back with sap or dust bunnies on their fur, and I can only imagine what they could have been doing during their time outdoors.

   Ferrets are the kind of pet that most won’t consider as their first option, but they are some of the most fun I’ve had to take care of (besides the constant amount they poop and pee everywhere). They are fun and make good pets with a traveler’s spirit. As such, if anyone is considering getting an animal, they might want to look into ferrets.