Athletes Show Off Their PetsFrom a football player and his ferrets to a skier with his donkeys, athletes love their animals on the side

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Updated: Wednesday May 26, 2010 | 07:45 AM EDT

VISANTHE SHIANCOE

"I'll turn around for a second and there will be a big bang and a trash can will be knocked over," Shiancoe tells SI Kids of his boisterous ferrets, Smoke and Gee. Despite their rowdiness, Shiancoe is thinking of taking them on the road when he travels.