I do not own a ferret myself, but when I reading the story about woman who
was having trouble with her baby use to being cuddled I started about how
when a human baby is born premature they have you strap them to the mother.
One reason they do this is so the infant can feel the rhythm of the mother's
heart.  I would think this would work with baby ferrets too.
[Posted in FML issue 1904]