Skunks make very good pets, they are a lot like cats. Now if you want to talk about fun pets, here's a couple pics of the pet possum I used to have. He was completely tame, you could hold him and pet him and he'd fall asleep in your lap. He was one of my favorite pets ever, His name was Possum Stu, and I got him when he was tiny out of a friends garage.
People thought it was weird, but what can I say? I'm a southern boy.
The first pic is him on the top of a wall in my old house, the second is me hand feeding him spaghetti.