Here I am with a young Daniel and Kelly, my niece’s two children. The photo was taken a while back, they are now adults. Bomber and Pinky the ferrets passed away long ago. It can be seen that ferrets are perfectly ok  with with children.
Ferrets love the all the fuss and attention that  is given to them and are always keen to be out of their cages.
Ferrets handled as often as possible will become very friendly.

Sadly, the picture below is the perception of  a ferret that some people have. Although the late Richard Whitely’s encounter is notorious, it isn’t typical of