since you've had a ferret before could you please give me some information on them?!?! do they stink horribly? that's most important

Maybe two, I'm not sure. But I want to find out more information about them. Do they make good pets? Do they really smell THAT bad? Should you keep them in a cage while you're away? Mostly I just care about how bad they stink. I think they would make...

A good friend of mine just bought a new red pitbull and six months after she found him in his kennel with his throat slit.