150 ferrets is certainly a lot of ferrets.  In my experience, that many is
a lot of work.  It takes a degree of planning and attention to individual
ferret personalities to group them in playgroups that get along well.  A
group of ten ferrets is just as delighted with a human playmate amongst
them as an individual ferret.  Ferrets don't seem to exhibit the kind of
"exclusive jealousy" seen in dogs.  To work out the math on this one, you
can consider 10 ferrets to a playgroup, 3 play areas.  That's 5 play
periods of 2 hours each.  That takes 10 hours of each day.  The human
interaction is not a constant hands on for the two hours.  They are busy
with each other,too, remember.  And there are always those ferrets that
don't socialize and have to have their time separately.  But you can see
from the math above, there's a little time left over.  It's really not even
a stretch, much less impossible, for them to receive the attention and play
interaction they need, even if only one person is available for them.
 
If their cages are clean, they are well fed, and are receiving adequate
medical care and attention, I would commend their caretaker/collector and
leave well enough alone.
 
I would also be reluctant to return a ferret to an illegal ferret zone.
 
Debi Christy
Ferrets First Foster Home, Carthage, TX
[Posted in FML issue 3007]