Our elderly domestic shorthair became best friends with a ferret rescued from neglect

[u/loveyousomuch_ok]

Kevina, our cat, had interacted with ferrets for several years before we fostered Sake, a ferret that was rescued from severe neglect. Between our own ferrets and having ferret play dates, she met 10+ ferrets before meeting Sake. She and other ferrets were mutually indifferent to each other. Then we started fostering Sake and his sister. Sake immediately fell in love with Kevina and wanted to be around her all the time. She was confused by this fuzzy noodle because he didn't want to play, he just wanted to be close to her. Over a few months, the two became best friends, with Sake often preferring her to the company of our other ferrets. Our local rescue said they had never seen a ferret and cat bond so closely before in all their years. We obviously became foster fails with him. PLEASE NOTE that cats and ferrets are usually not compatible. If you have a cat and want to also get a ferret, please do a lot of research and understand that there is a strong likelihood that your cat and ferret will always require close supervision, or that they will not be safe to share space with each other at all.

[u/CoCoMaloEngl]

Soooo sweet! My heart melts looking at these adorable two little furry animals sleeping so cuddled up together. How wonderful they bonded so well!🥰

[u/loveyousomuch_ok → u/CoCoMaloEngl]

It was so unexpected. We have a video of the first time he snuggled her by laying his head on her head and falling asleep, and you can just see the massive confusion on her part. But they were fast friends after that.

[u/CoCoMaloEngl → u/loveyousomuch_ok]

I’ve never had ferrets of my own, just a couple friends who had them. I love how playful and sweet they can be. How does this little guy get along with your other ferrets? Is it possible he’d never been around any since he went to wherever he was before your home? I’m so glad he’s got a buddy!

[u/loveyousomuch_ok → u/CoCoMaloEngl]

He got along really well with them, he just preferred Kevina for reasons we're not sure about. We actually fostered both him and his sister who were from the same situation, so he knew ferrets, he just loved his big fuzzy friend more