Here I am with my niece’s two children, a young Daniel (now six-feet tall) and Kelly (who has been to university).
 Bomber and Pinky the ferrets passed away long ago. It can be seen that ferrets are perfectly okay  with with children.Ferrets love the all the fuss and attention that  is given to them and are always keen to be out of their cages.

Sadly, the picture below is the perception of  a ferret that some people have.
Although the late Richard Whitely’s encounter is notorious but humorous, it isn’t typical of
ferrets to bite.