I must admit my ferrets are not handled for lengths of time that often but they are greeted 3 or 4 times a day. Normally when I pass the hutch, they are either given a stroke through the mesh or I open the bed section and given a fuss. Even my little girl who is 5 tends to go in the bed section when she s off to school or coming home, she goes straight in sticks her hand in and ruffles them and they don t bother. They just give her a look as if to say oh it s just you again and they give her a lick.
The only time they tend to grab is when they are out playing on the lawn, but then they don t