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Using the word "weird" to apply to an animal just because it isn't a cat or dog, or extremely popular or fashionable, is offensive and unnecessary.

A ferret's naturally musky scent is not inherently "despicable" (another fabulous choice of words). Many people like it, and many other people simply ignore it or don't mind it. A well cared-for ferret (high quality food, regular washing of its bedding, regular ear cleaning) that has been neutered and descented hardly produces much of a scent anyway. I've had as many as nine at a time (that was in a house, not an apartment) and no one who came over to the house who didn't know us could tell there were ferrets in the house until one showed up.

I think all of the animals mentioned in this article make good apartment pets, particularly hamsters, guinea pigs, and chinchillas, all of whom are easy to care for, not noisy or rambunctious (though guinea pigs produce different warbling sounds that are rather endearing, but not usually loud), and don't engage in behaviors that will cause problems with your neighbors, or your carpeting. :)