Risk Factors for Being Bitten by a Pet Ferret

Do you have or handle a pet ferret?

• always wash your hands after handling food before handling the ferret?

• reach for the ferret from the side with your palm upward?

• push a finger through the mesh of a ferret cage?

• handle a ferret while intoxicated or taking drugs?

• leave the ferret alone with an infant or small child?

• poke, taunt or pull on the ferret?

• reach for the ferret from above?

• handle a ferret that is known to bite?