# Can you get a ferret permit with an educational YouTube channel **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 27, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219 "2022-05-27T15:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219/21 "2022-05-28T18:19:18Z")
Ok, if we’re doing this, may I humbly submit for your consideration… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-5NCSjqYmWY/hqdefault.jpg "Otter Totally Freaks Out Over Treats... wow! Screaming & Weird Noises") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5NCSjqYmWY) (But it is even more difficult to get a permit to keep an otter in the U.S.) ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219/22 "2022-05-28T18:20:40Z")
Cute, but too noisy for me! ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219/23 "2022-05-28T18:24:36Z")
The only California-legal ferrets I’ve known have belonged to zoos or museums, and used as part of live-animal education programs. I’d be curious if it’s even possible for a private individual to get a permit. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219/24 "2022-05-28T19:00:00Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > All ferrets sold in the US are spayed and neutered. But you can grow them from cuttings and offsets. Air layering works. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219/25 "2022-05-28T20:18:53Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > All ferrets sold in the US are spayed and neutered. Sold in pet store or legally, because sure there are ferret breeders who don’t follow the laws. My ferret friends have told me that a _neutered_ ferret will get a pass from the F&G. Just don’t “shout and wave it about” as the song goes. I have not confirmed this, except one F&G agent at a booth said that would be “a very low priority”. Still, technically illegal, however. Otters, sables, weasels are also illegal as pets in CA. Although there are quite a few weasels in a large building on 10th St, in Sacramento. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219/26 "2022-05-29T00:42:04Z")
To be fair the ferret ban in California started in 1933 and they’ve just never bothered to change it. This is not the result of the current liberal government. Probably just bureaucratic inertia at this point. There seems to be no good reason for ferrets/weasels to be banned. Most US states allow them and they’ve never been a problem. Even if they escape it seems pet ferrets do not survive long on their own. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219/27 "2022-05-29T01:12:58Z")
I would have to say they they would _have_ to be neutered, but otherwise, I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219/28 "2022-05-29T01:21:50Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Although there are quite a few weasels in a large building on 10th St, in Sacramento. Also here: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Sl1jRTWw94s/hqdefault.jpg "Weasel Farm and Theology Camp") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl1jRTWw94s) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219.md?page=1)