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The female ones don't smell too bad - 'rodenty' but not too pungent.
The males are extremely whiffy. Very musky, akin to BO, gets into everything.
My grandad used to keep them as working ferrets, for flushing rabbits out of their warrens, and fed them on leftover rabbit carcasses. You could smell that from quite a distance.
The babies are incredibly cute - size of your thumb, very soft. The adults are also cute, but have sharp claws and a nasty bite when they're annoyed. They're faster than you might expect, too - can really cover the distance when they get their bounce on.