Outside the immediate family, ferrets are probably then main part of my life.  We have had 25 ferrets over the last 9 years. The first one was as a birthday gift to Julie. She was a tiny 5 week old sable that would fit in a shirt pocket all curled up asleep. She went everywhere with us. Since then we have purchased, adopted, and rescued many other ferrets, all different colors, sizes, and ages. At this time we have 7 of our babies with us.