Sure, there’s nothing quite like a cute cat or dog to get you feeling good inside. But, thankfully, those two species of animals aren’t the only ones that can be cute, derpy or anything in between.

As Bored Panda has already pointed out, bears and bunnies are also on that list—way high up on that list. And you know what? Ferrets should be up there too.

Here’s a curated list of pictures of the ferretiest ferrets ever doing ferrety things like being ferrets and blepping, making faces, hopping in a cute fashion, and, of course, wedging themselves in toilet paper rolls.

Scroll down to see all of this goodness, and while you’re there, leave a vote and a comment on the submissions you loved the most!

#1 Meet Nova The German Shepherd And Pacco The Ferret, That Are The Unlikeliest Of Best Buds

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#2 Girlfriend Woke Her Ferret Up By Coming In To The Room Loudly And Was Greeted With These Absolute Daggers

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#3 Sleepy Ferret

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So, ferrets, or Mustela furo, as smart people publications call them, are tiny mammals in the vein of polecats, weasels and otters. Collectively, they are called mustelids, and, believe it or not, it also includes some very badass species like wolverines.

Ferrets are one of very few species among mustelids to be domesticated—it’s them and the tayra that are kept as pets, with some countries requiring dangerous wild animal licenses to be able to legally keep them.

The average lifespan of these tiny critters is about 8 years, but they can live up to 10.

#4 H O P

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#5 One Wet Ferret Boy

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#6 I Work At An Animal Shelter That Typically Only Accepts Dogs And Cats. Today Someone Brought Us A Ferret, He Was Scared And Lonely So This Happened

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#7 My Brothers New Ferret, Vin Weasel

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Ferrets were originally domesticated to hunt rodents and—believe it or not—rabbits. That happened a couple of millennia ago as their bodies and flexibility are perfect to fit into tiny dens and burrows and stuff.

And this also turned out very well when between the 1860s and the 1950s, they were widely used in warehouses as ‘hygiene technicians’ of sorts to protect stored grain against rodents.

#8 Worried My Kitten Might Grow Up Thinking He’s A Ferret

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#9 Ferret Plumbus

#10 Torunn, My Ferret

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#11 Lilith Is On Cage Rest For A Little While And Peach Isn’t Taking It Very Well

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#12 A Comfortable Sleeping Position

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For those very interested in words, the name ferret comes from the late Latin word furo, which means thief. It’s a more appropriate name for trash pandas, but ferrets do get into their share of mischief as well.

Also, a female ferret is a jill, while a spayed one is a sprite, a male is a hob, and a neutered one is a gib, baby ferrets are kits, and a group of ferrets is a business. So, the more you know!

#13 Meet Sam, The Laziest Ferret Alive

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#14 This Is The Happiest Moment Of My Year. Happy Holidays

This may not mean much to all of you but this is the first time that one of my two adopted ferret babies has trusted me enough to sleep on me, let alone be near me without biting. 

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#15 Grieving Young Man Quits Everything To Travel The World With His Pet Ferret After 3 Tragic Deaths In His Life

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#16 My Handsome Little Sneeze

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#17 My Wonderful One Eyed, Half Tailed Snuggly Ferret, Stumpy

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If you want more cuteness, you can always check out our Animals section, but before you scurry off, share your ferret-related stories or fun facts about these creatures in the comment section below!

#18 She’s Turning Four This Year, But Still Looks Like A Little Baby

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#19 Silly Florence, She Thinks She’s People

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#20 My Girlfriend Sent Me A Picture Of One Of My Ferrets, Douglas, While I Was At Work The Other Day. Something About This One Brought Tears To My Eyes

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#21 Chuck Fell Asleep

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#22 I Look Away For 2 Seconds

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#23 Because Other Animals Are Allowed On Friday, Meet My Chonky Ferret

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#24 Ready For The Summer, But Summer Just Ended

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#25 So My Friend’s Ferret Crawled Into One Of Her Socks

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#26 Our Newest Baby. She’s Only 8 Weeks Old. We Need Name Suggestions

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#27 My Ferret Fell Asleep On My Dog

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#28 In Early June I Took Home A Kitten And Was Worried About Introducing Him To My Ferrets. Watch Him Grow Up With Them

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#29 Rescue Kitten Adopted By 5 Ferrets Thinks It’s A Ferret Too

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#30 My Absolute Unit Of A Ferret Compared To My Average Sized Ferret

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#31 My Girlfriend’s Ferret Is Less Than Thrilled With His New Festive Hat

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#32 I Was Putting Together A Desk And Looked Away For One Minute. Long Story Short Bandit Got Into The Styrofoam

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#33 Teddy Seems Unenthusiastic About Walks And Turns Into A Pancake

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#34 My Girlfriend’s Ferret, Ethan

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#35 Helmet. Ferret Sleeps With A Bowl On Her Head

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#36 3 Innocent Looking Ferrets

#37 The Tongue And The Interlocked Arms

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#38 Wake Me Up When It’s Time To Open Presents

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#39 Eyes On The Road

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#40 This Is Tofu, My Ferret. Isn’t She Cute?

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#41 Flower Ferret

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#42 Stray Ferret That Was Found In Someone’s Backyard And Brought To The Local Animal Shelter

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#43 Bonnie And Clyde

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#44 Sleepy Ferret

#45 Funny Ferret

#46 Vroom Vroom

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#47 I Lost My Special Boy At 8 Years Old Tonight. Sharing This Photo In His Memory. I Will Forever Miss Him, It Hurts So Bad

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#48 O M G

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#49 Hello. I Beat Cancer Today. I’m So Happy

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#50 All The Places To Sleep And They Decide To Make A Cerberus

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#51 What Do You Mean I’m Squishing Her?

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#52 I Raise You An Albino Ferret

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#53 The Classic, ‘Mom Put Baby Locks On All The Kitchen Cabinets And Now I Can’t Play In The Pots And Pans’ Tantrum

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#54 This Is By Far The Best Picture I’ve Ever Taken Of My Ferret. She Was 4 Months Old At That Time. Cuteness Overload

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#55 Mlem

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#56 I Think I Need To Do A Better Job At Ferret-Proofing

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#57 When Your Carpet Shark Gets Stuck In A Sock, You Hope He Understands The Need To Take His Pic Before You Help Him Out

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#58 Okay, Bye

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#59 My Little Baby Oreo The Day I Brought Her Home

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#60 Jack The Ferret Says Hi

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#61 Ferret

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#62 Meet Snickerdoodles

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#63 If I Lay On The Floor, My Ferret Climbs Up For A Nap. This Is Where She Decided To Sleep Yesterday

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#64 My Ferret, Amadeus, Wearing A Hoodie

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#65 I Call This Pose The Prairie Dog

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#66 A Pic Of Asher’s First Time At The Beach

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#67 Me: Ursula, Let’s Pose Real Cute For An Easter Picture! Ursula:

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#68 I Can’t Believe She’s Real, She’s So Cute

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#69 Daisy, Drixie, Matilda From Left To Right

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#70 We Gave Rupert An Oat Bath In A Special Ferret-Jacuzzi (That’s An Air Line For Bubbles!). He Was Very Patient

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#71 A 1 Day Old Baby Ferret

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#72 Ferret

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#73 My Beautiful Little Girl Molly

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#74 Magical Rainbow Ferret

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#75 Blep

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#76 Dragon Costume For Fibs

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#77 The Only Picture I’ll Ever Have Of All Four Looking At The Camera ( I Walked Over To The Fridge)

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#78 I Finally Did It. After 4 Years Finally A Good Picture Of Her Playing. Daisy

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#79 Tuck Me In, Mum?

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#80 I Am Cinder, Guardian Of The Washing Machine. (Note- We Always Triple Check The Location Of Our Ferrets Before Starting Appliances)

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#81 My New Ferret

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#82 When You Find Out It’s A Snow Day

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#83 My Baby Viserion

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#84 Working From Home With Ferrets

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#85 The Most Perfect Picture I’ve Ever Taken Of Her

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#86 Someone Is Proud They Dug A 6-8 Inch Deep Hole! Good Job Mider

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#87 Geoffrey’s Day Out

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#88 My Cute Baby Ferrets. Dean And Kuma. Bath Time

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#89 My Friend’s Ferret

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#90 My Precious Ferret Kit

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#91 My Little Boy Bender Got Attacked By A Big Dog On One Of His Walks. He Is Very Lucky Though And Is Recovering Very Nicely

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#92 Ferret Bathing

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#93 She Will Literally Sleep Anywhere Soft (Carpet In The Bathroom)

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#94 Just Got My First Stinky Noodle Baby After Wanting One For Years

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#95 She Dooked Herself Out

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#96 One Month Old

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#97 Albino Ferret Treats Someone Else’s House Like A B&B, Homeowner Asks The Internet To Help Find Its Owner

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#98 Here’s A Neat Picture Of My Ferret, Danky

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#99 This Is What Happens When You Tickle A Ferret

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#100 Ferret Derp

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#101 Bob The Ferret Enjoys His Tea And Oreos

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#102 My Ferrets Being Constantly Adorable

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#103 Here Is A Baby Ferret. That Is All

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#104 We Got A New Kitten A Few Weeks Ago. Our Ferret Is Pretty Upset About Having To Share Her Hammock

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#105 I Take A Million Photos My Husband Takes One

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#106 I Can’t Believe She’s A Real Critter And I Can Keep Her As A Pet! She Looks Like A She’s Made Of Marshmallows

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#107 Ferrets Kissing

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#108 Simon Being Simon

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#109 The First Time I Took My Ferret Outside He Just Could Not Grasp The Whole Concept Of A Leash And Gave Me A Lot Of Attitude

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#110 My Sisters Fat Ferret

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#111 My Ferret Isn’t Allowed Upstairs

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#112 Newest Baby

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#113 I Sits Here

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#114 I’m Working From Home Because Of Covid-19, But I Have The Cutest Assistant Ever

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#115 Now She’s Just Blatantly Mocking My Attempts To Confine Her

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#116 I’ve Just Rolled In Coal And I Have No Remorse

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#117 There’s ‘Comfy’ And Then There’s ‘I’m In Bed With Mama’ Comfy

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#118 Playtime

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#119 Shame

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#120 I’m Watching A Friend’s Ferret This Week And Sending Them As Many Cute Photos As I Can

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#121 Beyond A Blep, He’s Just Plain Blowing A Raspberry

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#122 Ferret Nose

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#123 Eve Is The Christmas Present

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#124 In Case Y’all Ever Wondered What It’s Like Trying To Take A Picture Of Sage, It’s 100% Like A Holding A Wet Spaghetti Noodle

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#125 Sleeping Like A Boss

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#126 My Little Ferret Actually Being Still Enough For A Pic

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#127 Meet Sid, I Know There Are Some Ferret Lovers Out There

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#128 This Is My Baby Ferret, His Name Is Crash

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#129 Hanging Out With This Little Guy While On A Zoom Meeting. 2 And A Half Weeks Old And Already Huge

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#130 We Went Away For Two Weeks, And Returned To Find One Of Our Ferrets Had Grown His Winter Coat And Looks Majestic

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#131 Nightmare On Cute Street

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#132 Appa Posing At The Grand Tetons In Wyoming

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#133 Bath Kisses

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#134 Sir Chonks-A-Lot

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#135 Please Tell Him Happy Birthday

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#136 My BF And I Haven’t Seen A Small Animal “Loaf” Before. Sorry For The Potato Quality

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#137 Steve And Desmond Are Not Fans Of The New Puppy

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#138 Meet Bandit

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#139 Rude Ferret

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#140 Ella’s Little Feetsies Were Sticking Out So Of Course I Had To Tickle Them. Ella Was Not Amused

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#141 Heard Sneezing, Husband Forgot To Close His Flour Bread Bin

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#142 Micah

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#143 Long Kitten

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#144 My Baby, Caspar

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#145 Another Picture From Bath Time, This Picture Just Screams Look How Cute I Am Take Me Out Now

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#146 My Buddy Gets Tired On His Walks

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#147 He Loves The Wind On His Face

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#148 Ferret Bath Time

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#149 I Love The Markings Under His Eyes

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#150 Went On A Walk And Forgot I Left The Window Open

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#151 Davie

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#152 Finally, An Ultra Rare Group Photo

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#153 Hi, Whatcha’ Doin?

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#154 Time Out Training

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#155 Sit Tight, My Boy

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#156 Jt Say I Want To See Who All Upvotes

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#157 3 Weeks Old Today. The Only Jill In The Litter

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#158 Remy Got A Hoodie For Xmas And Now He’s Stylin’

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#159 My Hammock Came With A Ferret Pocket! His Favorite Spot When We Camp

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#160 Our New (Baby?) Boy Is Already A Hefty One

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#161 How Do You Get Good Pictures Of Your Ferrets? Mine Always Move

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#162 Daisy

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#163 These Are My Ferrets, Wally And Axl

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#164 She’s 4 Weeks Old Today

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#165 The First 1 To Open It’s Eyes And Say Helloooo Stooopid Hoomans

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#166 Anyone Else Let’s Their Ferret Just Free Roam The House 24/7?

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#167 Everyone, Meet Scooter! I’ve Never Had A Ferret Before, But Someone Messaged Me And I Took This Guy Out Of A Terrible Situation. He Has Stolen My Heart So Fast

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#168 This Is My Baby Bear Theo, Soon To Be 1 Year Old

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#169 Our New Little Boy, Ollivander

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#170 Tis Noon On A Workday Hooman, Why You Still At Home?

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#171 Found My Ferret

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