Anon,
 
In answer to your question, the answer is yes... and no.
 
First the no:
 
What you observed is likely not what you think it is.  Most animals,
including ferrets, use pseudo-sexual behavior as a dominance ritual.  What
you probably saw was one of your friend's ferrets telling the other that
/he/ was the boss, darn it!
 
If you watch dogs much, you'll see the same sort of thing.  In fact, if
you've ever known a dog that seemed amorously attracted to legs, what you
were actually seeing was a dog trying to assert dominance over the human
in question.  It's a habit that shouldn't be tolerated... but I digress.
 
Now the yes:
 
In the wild, some animals have been observed to exhibit same-gender
pairing... not for sex, but for other life functions, in situations
where the 'norm' is opposite-gender pairing.  It happens among canines,
girraffes, and various other animals.  I'm sure it happens among ferrets
as well.
 
Now a question of my own...
 
Does it matter?  Surely our ferrets care little about human prejudices;
they love us without question, without placing conditions on their love.
Can't we be noble enough to love them the same way?
 
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Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a
great thing.
 
     --Mother Teresa
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 Regan S. Pylman                                 [log in to unmask]
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[Posted in FML issue 2635]