Misty ran wires for computers in conduits at the the Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado in areas that no humans could access. The ferret apparently worked for strawberry Pop Tarts. While commercial and hunting uses for ferrets have disappeared, ferrets seemed to explode in popularity as pets once someone figured out how to descent them back in the 1970's. Once the odor of the ferret was controlled, the ferret became a pet you could keep in you house without stinking it up. Males are much larger in comparison, weighing from 3 to 5 pounds.
Ferrets come in a variety of colors such as sable, albino white, cinnamon, silvermit and black.
There are also many color permutations such as white paws, bibs around the neck, stripes on the head or back and colored tips of the tail. In the old days, albino ferrets were bred because they were particularly easy to spot a nd retrieve when used in hunting. Ferrets reach adulthood rapidly in around six months and live an average of 6 to 8 years. Ferrets retain their playfulness throughout their lives. But the older a ferret gets, the more likely it is that he will like to sit in your lap.