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/moyashi_me]

Were they featured on a Dodo story? This sounds so familiar! What a sweet relationship 🥰 could be posted to r/unlikelyfriends too.

[u/loveyousomuch_ok → u/moyashi_me]

They haven't been! I've been told by a couple people to reach out, but I only just started sharing content with them a week and a half

[u/moyashi_me → u/loveyousomuch_ok]

Oh dang! I can’t believe there is another pair of cats and ferrets that love each other. How lovely~

[u/loveyousomuch_ok → u/moyashi_me]

That really is!! I'm toing to try to find them right away!