Do ferrets smell bad?
Yes. Pet ferrets are domesticated European polecats. They have been kept as hunters and pets for over one thousand years. The scientific name for a ferret is Mustela putorius furo. Other Mustela to which they are related are mink, skunks, otters, weasels and badgers. All animals in this group have a distinctly strong odor emanating from glands below the base of their tail. In olden times, ferrets were used to flush rabbits out of their burrows. Today, they are generally kept as pets and as scientific research subjects. Ferrets have an oder kind of like a musk smell. While ferrets are in the skunk family, they do not spray like a skunk but emit a poof when exited or scared from their scent glands in their bottoms. Even when they are descented, they still have a unique oder because they; have glands in their face and neck and along their bodies that emit the musk smell. Besides the smell that comes from their bodies, they are strict carnivores and there potty is strong smelling. You can
