I used to have a ferret. Wonderful pet! The main reason we don't have one anymore is when we moved into a house, we felt it would be unfair to keep it in a cage. Ferrets can get into all kinds of small spaces & I was worried about its safety. They do have a musk smell, which my husband found repulsive, but ferrets can be de-scented to eliminate that problem. It's only been a few years since ferrets were legal to own in Georgia; the chicken farming lobby was afraid ferrets would escape & kill chickens. Now THAT'S ignorant! Ferrets wouldn't survive in the wild here, due to natural predators & weather extremes....