By Lydia Groshong and Lilah Goldberg

Black Footed Ferrets

There are many names for baby animals but black footed ferret

ferret babies are called kits. Black footed ferret kits are born in the mouth of May - June and are as big as your thumb. Females can have 1-3 kits in a litter. Kits are born blind and helpless. Kits stay under ground until they are two months old Then the female begins to take her young on hunting voyages. This is one of the many facts about black footed ferret reproduction.

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Like us, black footed ferrets are mammals. They grow up to two

feet in length. Black footed ferrets have

a long neck and a black marking on its face, the tip of its tale, and on its feet.

The black footed weighs up to 2-3 pounds. A black footed ferret may eat

Up to 100 prairie dogs a year! They can live up to 12 years. They live 3-4 years in the wild and 8-9

years in captivity. There are many facts to know about a black footed ferrets physical characteristics.

The scientific name for BFF’s

Is Mustela nigripes

Physical Characteristic

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Habitat

Black footed ferrets eat prairie dogs and use there colonies

for protection. They were once found in prairie dog colonies. The prairie dog colonies were found in Canada and Mexico.

Black footed ferrets are nocturnal. That means they sleep during the day and eat prairie dogs at night. Black footed ferrets eat, sleep and raise their young in prairie dog burrows.

Black footed ferrets are the best at keeping prairie dogs away by stealing their burrows.

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To humans prairie dogs might seem like pest, but to black footed ferrets they are a mid-night meal. Black footed ferrets are carnivores. That means they eat meat such as ground squirrels, small rodents, rabbits and birds. Prairie dogs make up 90% of a black footed ferrets diet. A black footed ferret may

eat up to 100 prairie dogs a year. Black footed ferrets sleep during the day and eat during the night. They have night vision so it’s easy to see their pray. There are many kinds of animals and diets animals eat but know you know the black footed ferrets diet.

Food/Diet

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Glossary

Mammals: An animal that is not born in a egg.

Colony: A group of animals that live together.

Hunting Voyages: When the female takes her young a voyage to learn how to hunt.

Captivity: When a wild animal lives somewhere with humans. BFF: Black footed ferret

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