Many ferrets also enjoy trash-can diving. Ferrets are both daring and oblivious to danger, and will spend a lifetime exploring their physical capabilities. You will not only have to do everything possible to keep them out of trouble, but must be ready to carry out many rescues as well. For instance, ferrets are good climbers, but poor jumpers. They will climb to high places and then be unable to get back down.
Ferret owners call it 'teleporting,' just like they do in Star Trek.
Most pet stores and breeders sell ferrets who have already been neutered or spayed. If your ferret has not been neutered or spayed by the time it is 6 months old, however, you must have it done. This is absolutely crucial for females. Female ferrets begin their cycle in February and remain in heat until September, and 90 percent of those who are not bred will die from aplastic anemia or septicemia due to the prolonged heat. Unless your female ferret is being bred, she must be spayed by the age of 6 months or, in all likelihood, she will die.