Canadian Council on Animal Care , Gilman, J. 1984. Chapter X: Ferrets. In : Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals, Volume 2 . Canadian Council on Animal Care , Gilman, J. (ed). Canadian Council on Animal Care, Ottawa, Canada.

Introduction to the adequate the housing and handling of ferrets. Ferrets are best kept on a solid floor with wood shavings for bedding. They will always defecate in one corner of the cage and can easily be trained to use a litter box. Placing a nest box in the cage, particularly if a wire mesh floor is being used, provides the animal with a quiet, comfortable place to sleep. .. Ferrets are by nature friendly and easily trained. Those destined for experimentation should be handled as much as possible. The use of gloves should be avoided, if possible, as ferrets will rarely bite unless brightened, hurt, or with a litter of young. When approaching an unknown animal, give it time to indulge its natural inquisitiveness and to compensate for its shortsightedness; this it will do by sniffing your hand. .. A ferret will usually signal quite clearly if alarmed or on the defensive by arching its back, fluffing out its tail hairs like a bottle brush and, as a final protest, by expressing its musk glands