I think her mothering instinct is so strong that she wants him in there too. She wants everything she cares about in one place.

I think she just wanted a babysitter :)

My cat gave birth for the first time in a box under a table in the dining room. She had 4 kittens. That night we were having dinner and she brought the kittens out, one by one, and put them in a line in front of us where we could see them. She then looked up at us with such an expression of pride, as if to say "look what I've done!"

Too cute! I wonder if one of the little stinkers needed help?

Some animal mothers do like showing off their babies and even know that you want to see them. At my grandparents house, there used to be a large woodpile and a stray mother cat had her kittens under it. I always petted and fed the kitty and she was very affectionate. Once the babies were old enough, I often tried to get them to come out from under the woodpile so I could pet them but they always retreated under the woodpile when I got close. One day they did that and I stood there trying to coax the kittens out and the mother cat stuck her head into the hole under the woodpile, made a soft, drawn-out MRRRRRREEEEOWWWW sound, pulled her head back out and the next thing I know, the kittens flooded out the hole and I was able to pick one up and pet it. It didn't even try to bite me. I'm certain that mama cat called her kittens out because she knew I wanted to pet them.

I didn't realize ferrets bonded with humans at this level. Cats and dogs understandable, but a ferret? Amazing!

Ferret's intention was for her kits to recognize her human's scent

maybe it's just "here kitties, eat this!"

I give 50 upvotes!

The squealing! :D

Look what I've got! and they're all mine.

From now on, you ain't gonna feed only me :D

That's awesome.

Haha as soon as he picked up the baby she took it back! "Don't pick them up, just pet them!"

Adorable!! Probably because he is warm as well!

she think he is her baby too she take him in her mouth and carries him yo her nest

She is says "hey you hoomen you babysit for a bit I need to go steal something shiny I deserve it"

You really need to give the owner of this video credit. His name is Brett Forster, he lives in the uk. You can find him on facebook.

Such a proud mama seems she's asking for help though

My thinking is she is saying, "Look, I got A LOT of babies. I'm gonna need more food & a break every now & then."

this is adorable, but rather than showing the babies, I think this is her mother instinct in overdrive, returning the hand to her nest, like she would a kit that had wandered. because when he picked one up, she grabbed it back and tucked them back neatly in. she's nesting, and including his hand in the equation. I've seen rats doing the same thing with adult cagemates, hands, and even their own tails. I think if she was showing them off, she'd be bringing them to him, a behaviour I've also seen in rats (putting the kits on their human friends lap, or if I remember right, in one video, down her bra) but either way, ferrets are adorable animals. we had them when I was growing up, and they're so cute and so much fun

Woooow

She says you will cuddle my babies or else!!

OMGosh this is so adorable how the mother keeps pulling him back to see her babies. I love this.

she think he is her baby too

He likely already has touched her babies and so she's pulling his hand back in because it smells like one of her babies. Mothers focus strongly on the smells of their offspring.

She said ... pls .babysit my young for awhile .. ... i''l hunt the dead bit father.

"These babies are YOURS now too and nothing else matters!"

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This isn't her showing him her babies, she's maternally trying to keep her "family" together. People humanize animals WAAAAY TOO MUCH. Also... there are already WAAAY TOOO MANY HOMELESS FERRETS IN THIS WORLD. IRRESPONSIBLE MUCH???