I strongly believe that ferrets feel and show emotions. I have seen
it over the years and see it every day, how deeply some ferrets bond
amongst one another and how deeply some have bonded to me. I see their
happiness. I have seen sad and frightened ferrets. I believe some
ferrets will grieve when they loose a companion even though mine have
always been okay. But I can't believe that a ferret can reason to the
extent that it thinks "my owners have dumped me, and I don't want to
go on". If that was the case, how would they distinguish between
being dumped or left somewhere while the owners go on holiday? Just
wondering...

Ulrike 

[Posted in FML 5510]