Ferrets are small mammals that range from 2-3.5 lbs and 20 inches long. They have brown, black, or white fur and black eyes. Ferrets live in burrows in southern Canada and the central US, but are also kept as pets worldwide. As carnivores, ferrets' natural diet consists of smaller rodents, but domesticated ferrets eat cat food. Ferrets protect themselves by running away quickly or climbing trees using their sharp claws. They are born in litters of 4-7 and become adults at age 1, identifiable by their distinctive bandit face stripes. However, ferrets are threatened in the wild by diseases.

1. Mammals: Ferrets
By: Jing W.

2. Description
Ferrets weigh around 2-3½ lb and are about
20 in. long. They usually have Brown to Black
to White fur. Ferrets always have Black eyes
and a pinkish nose.
This is a
white ferret.

3. Habitat
Ferrets live in burrows in the ground. They
range from southern central Canada to Texas,
USA. Ferrets are also pets, so they can be
anywhere around America . Ferrets are also
exported and imported from and to many
places. Ferrets don’t migrate or hibernate. They
just live through the winter like us. Ferrets like
to explore, but they take awhile to adapt to their
environment (if it’s a new one).
This is a ferret
sticking its head out
of his burrow.

4. Diet
Ferrets are carnivores, and they usually eat
things that are smaller than them or about the
ferret’s size, such as hamsters, guinea pigs, rats,
and many other rodent like animals. Ferrets eat
cat food if he has an owner.
A ferret
eating food

5. Protecting
Ferrets are not a ferocious animal so
they don’t have many traits that protect
them, so they just run away as fast as they
can or they can climb up tall and steep
things, because of their sharp claws. Some
ferrets are can protect themselves, because
they were specially trained by something
or someone.
A ferret
climbing up a
tree

6. Characteristics
Ferrets are born alive with 4-7 (5-8 are
born) brothers or sisters. Baby ferrets are called
Kits. They turn into an adult at the age of 1.
Ferrets are unique because of their bandit
striped head. Hardly any animals have these
unique bandit stripes.
2 bandit face
ferrets

7. Problems
The ferret is endangered because of
diseases. Most ferrets living in the northern
USA and southern Canada in the wild will most
likely die of disease.

8. Thanks for watching!!!
I like ferrets a lot and am glad I chose to
research on it, because they are very cute
and long, but I wish that they wouldn’t die
of disease.