Hey there Delilah! (new non-herp pet)

[kitsunex]

Very cute! Congrats on the new little girl. I especially like the video

I did want to add that domestic ferrets are very social and like to have friends to play with and cuddle with. When our girls died of cancer we ended up finding our boy a new home with other ferrets because we didn't want him to be lonely. Just a thought. Also, "Ferrets for Dummies" is a great book and has been highly recommended to me by a number of people, it might be a good read for you guys since you're just getting into the wonderful world of mustelids!

i second this. Ferrets for Dummies is a MUST. its easily the best ferret book you can possibly get.

i've always made sure to have a pair because they are social animals. there have been cases of one ferret dieing soon after losing a cagemate. they've just stopped eating and died of heartbreak.

they really are amazing creatures that are both so devilish and cute at the same time. they will do thing that will infuriate you, but one look at their cute faces and you can't help but forgive them. much like a 2 year old child

as for cheap toys, the best i can recomend is a "Rice Box". get a tupperware container and a big bag of UNCOOKED long grain rice. make sure it isn't the instant. fill the container with rice and hide plastic infant toys in it and watch the fun begin!! with the uncooked, its safe for them if they accidentally swallow it, which is why you avoid instant. the instant will expand in the stomach causing a blockage.

i also found that those plastic easter eggs are great toys too. take a plastic egg, put a few pennies in it and then glue it shut. they will push them around with their noses all day long.