What is better hamsters or ferrets?

Please keep in mind that neither is inherently better, and it depends entirely on what you are looking for in a pet. Additionally, hamsters and ferrets are nothing alike.

Hamsters are rodents, they are prey animals and as such are naturally fearful, they don’t require large cages or frequent time outside the cage, they are overall easy to maintain, but they aren’t particularly interactive.

Ferrets are not rodents, they are members of the family carnivora, and are in fact more closely related to dogs than cats are. Ferrets are a domestic species from a predatory ancestor. They require a large cage with many places to sleep. They can be litterbox trained and trained to walk on a leash. They are extremely social animals and will become depressed if you don’t interact with them for at least an hour everyday outside of the cage. Most require nip training because as kits, their mouth is hot they explore the world. Ferrets have thick skin and roughhouse together a lot when they play, but they don’t realize that humans don’t have thick skin so when they play with people (unless taught not to bite) they may bite painfully without realizing they are hurting you. If you have a ferret, you need to ferret-proof your house because they are extremely curious and will get into everything. Lastly, you can not feed a ferret veggies, nuts, or fruit because they can only digest meat based products. Non-meat products could easily end up blocking their intestines leading to a painful death.