A ferret is a domesticated form of a polecat, do you own ferrets?
No but I've held a ferret before.  do you have a ferret?
I don't but I know they typically have brown, black or white fur. What color was the one you held?
The ferret I held was brown and white.  It was so nice too and very curious.
That is so cool, ferrets typically live 7 to 10 years as well.
Really.  I had no clue they lived that long.  I'm wondering what they eat
I'm not sure exactly what they eat but I know that in some areas Ferrets are used for rabbit hunting. 
I had no clue they hunt rabbits.  I think they have to be trained for that function though.  I'm wondering how hard they can be to train?
domestication is uncertain, like that of most other domestic animals, but it is likely that they have been domesticated for at least 2,500 years. They are still used for hunting rabbits in some parts of the world, but increasingly they are kept only as pets.
Being so closely related to polecats, ferrets easily hybridize with them, and this has occasionally resulted in feral colonies of polecat–ferret hybrids that have caused damage to native fauna, especially in New Zealand. As a result, New Zealand and some other
Ferret
The ferret ("Mustela putorius furo") is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, "Mustela", in the family Mustelidae. Their fur is typically brown, black, white, or mixed. They have an average length of , including a tail, weigh about , and have a natural lifespan of 7 to 10 years. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators, with males being substantially larger than females.
The history of the ferret's