Animator William Snekspeare has five ferrets. That’s right, five. That’s at least four too many tiny masterminds for one household.

In this adorable animated tale, William shares how his fuzzbutts quickly learned that using the litterbox = playtime… and then immediately weaponized that knowledge by faking it. Yes. These ferrets pretend to poop to manipulate their human.

One of them, Princess, has very specific food preferences: loves duck, hates pork, and will bite you to make her point. Another, Toast, straight-up MacGyvered a box to get back onto the bed after his ramp (laundry basket) was removed. Platformer logic, unlocked.

Honestly, this video proves one thing: Ferrets are cute, fluffy, and dangerously close to earning a PhD in emotional blackmail.