Also, ferrets will tend to see a pet bird as lunch, and careful steps must be taken to ensure the bird's safety. The reality, however, is somewhat less sanguine. In the best of cases, a ferret that is fully trained may use a litter box between 70 and 90 percent of the time. One partial solution is to have litter pans available in a number of rooms, especially if you have a large house. Ferrets are very quiet, which makes them great apartment pets.
Ferrets love the excitement and sociability of being out and about.
Put them on a leash or a harness, and make sure that they wear a collar and identification tag with your name, address, and phone number on it. Also, they don't heel, and are determined to go wherever they want to go. Thus, if you are going to take lots of ferrets out for walks on leashes, as Bil King does, take along a Boy Scout who is good with knots. I'll grab a ferret and go to the bank, grocery store, the shopping mall. Everybody you meet is friendly, and you can get into a lot of places that officially do not allow animals, because nobody can resist a ferret, they are just too adorable.