Article: Little Criminals

Ferrets make great pets for hundreds of Californians-on the sly.

A thump comes from deep in the kitchen cabinet. Minutes later, there's a crash from the bathroom. In a mostly empty corner cabinet, a stash of oddities has been accumulated: a plastic bag, an empty Velveeta packet, a blue plastic ice tray, a pen.

These developments involve neither paranormal activity nor trinket-coveting cockroaches. It's just Raider and Bear, two slinky, clumsy and curious ferrets.

Raider likes to wiggle up through the catacombs of the kitchen cabinets, sometimes to take naps in a drawer filled with miscellaneous items. Both like to flop into the bathtub to have a sniff around. And both hoard treasures in ...

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