Like puppies and kittens, kits are born deaf and with their eyes closed. They begin walking by about 3 weeks of age, which is also when their eyes and ears open. By about 6 weeks of age, they are weaned onto kitten or ferret food. Ferrets can make good pets. Their diet is cat food or ferret food, and they easily learn to use a litterbox.
Ferrets are escape artists and are easily able to squeeze through the tiniest openings and cracks.
Naturally inquisitive, they will chew on and swallow many things. Never let your ferret out of your sight when it's out of its cage. As stated above, ferrets love to chew. Other safe toys include ping pong and golf balls, small cans, cardboard mailing tubes, and very hard plastic toys. Ferrets are usually spayed or neutered and de-scented prior to purchase.