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Depends on what ferrets are fed as a 'natural' diet, doesn't it? Required quantities of certain essential vitamins, FFAs & protein aren't contained in every meat source.
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Taurine is beneficial for brain/muscle development/communication in ferrets as it is an essential fatty acid that in used in neuron transmissions. It is also good for maintaining eye health. The product also contains biotin, which is good for their skin, hair, & claws.
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Well the old 'theory' is the smell of an unneutered male ferret would help drive prey out. But a bad smell isn't going to move a stubborn rabbit, only a good worker will. As Kent33 said, having the desire to mate can interfere with an intact hob getting on with the job. A good hob will work just as well regardless whether he has balls or not!
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I really don't think you have much to worry about. If he had something stuck in this throat you would know about it. If he was in pain he would be biting you when you handled him. My ferrets sometimes make this noise too. It's a bit like a dog whining to get something/over-excited/keen to get on with things, but the ferret version! If he is otherwise happy & healthy, don't worry. However, great you are concerned enough to have him checked over by a vet. I'm sure that will put your mind at ease, better safe than sorry! Let us know how it goes. atb
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Jill jabs need to be done before the jill comes into season (usually around March). Jill jabs can cause false pregnancies and pyometra (costly to treat) is another associated risk with this method. Plus if the jill comes back into season the same year she will need another jab. Using vacectomised hobs also carry the risk of causing pyometra in the jills. If you are thinking of getting a hob vasectomised, best to do it when he is also in season, so to speak. This way the 'tubes' that need to be 'snipped' will be enlarged and easier for the vet to find. Best to leave him for 6-8 weeks before
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Why don't you just get the hobs castrated? Then they can live happily together again and you won't have to pay for vacectomies (that don't always work)and the cost of keeping 2 jills, plus the complications that can occur with using vasectomised hobs on jills? I know loads of people whose neutered males work just as well as intact hobs. I'd reckon that would be the easiest and cheapest option. Much less hassle for you!
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I'd advise jill kits. Hobs kits would quickly outmatch her in size and strength and become very boisterous, she won't be too happy about them trying to take over her postion as 'alpha' and it might lead to them fighting (If yours is anything like my jill, she has to be in charge). My advise would be to find someone with roughly 5-6 week old kits, take your jill to meet them and see what she thinks of them. First thing my jill did was start dooking and cleaning the kits, so I knew rightaway it was going to work. The other thing I think would be important is that you get the kits as soon as
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Foxes would certainly take a ferret for dinner if they had the chance. Others can scoff if they want....but putting male(human) urine around the coop/hutches/land perimeters could work as a good deterrent. (Many farmers I know swear by this to protect poultry from foxes!) The vet bill was steep purely because of what needed to be done to get her healthy. To ensure a mutilated/part missing limb will heal can be extensive, particularly if it isn't treated immediately. Cost depends on the time of treatment after injury, underlying structures damaged and the risk of infection to various physio
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I had this problem with a jill of mine. She was seriously vicious to all other ferrets. Took her to meet some 5 weeks old kits on the agreement that if she killed any, I'd pay for them. As I'd hoped, she immediately took to the kits, bought 2 (at 6 weeks old) and she's lived happily with them for years now. Mind you, she would still rip into any other strange ferret, even now. Got 2 kits so they could tire each other out and the jill wouldn't be obsessing on one kit all the time. But that was another 2 ferrets to keep, might not be right for you. If she is aggressive to all other ferre
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If a ferret wants to get through chicken wire it will.
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Layer of shredded paper, then on top, a few old pillow cases and a cheap fleece blanket for summer. Mine have a nest box attached to the coop so nice and dark in there for them. In winter, layer of shavings, then shredded paper, then pillow cases, few fleecy blankets and shredded paper again on top. A top layer of hay added as well for the snow weather. The more layers, the more heat kept in.
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Neither does the job. Dogs & cats have a much longer digestive tract/rate than ferrets and they can't absorb dog/cat food at the rate its designed for, so alot of the food ends up undigested/unabsorbed by ferrets.
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Thanks, he reckons alot to himself. But he's a yearling colt now so that attitude is expected...
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He's a bit of a mix. Holsteiner x Trakehner x TB x ISH x Selle Francais. The sire is by Fleetwater Opposition and the dam is by Cavalier Royale. Smashin!! are you, sorry the wife putting him forward as Sports Horse at shows? Mare and foal at foot, or going to wait till later? Mislead you a bit there, he was born last June, just have no recent pics! No showing, tbh I'm not a fan of showing youngstock. Basic manners and handling is all I'm really bothered about for now. Regret it as I may, he will be gelded his autumn. Depending on how he goes I may put him into some 3yr old loos
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Thanks for that, much appreciated. atb.
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He's a bit of a mix. Holsteiner x Trakehner x TB x ISH x Selle Francais. The sire is by Fleetwater Opposition and the dam is by Cavalier Royale. Smashin!! are you, sorry the wife putting him forward as Sports Horse at shows? Mare and foal at foot, or going to wait till later? Mislead you a bit there, he was born last June, just have no recent pics! No showing, tbh I'm not a fan of showing youngstock. Basic manners and handling is all I'm really bothered about for now. Regret it as I may, he will be gelded his autumn. Depending on how he goes I may put him into some 3yr old loos
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He's a bit of a mix. Holsteiner x Trakehner x TB x ISH x Selle Francais. The sire is by Fleetwater Opposition and the dam is by Cavalier Royale.
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Few more pics, I'm useless with technology so they aren't great!
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Those animals look in great shape! Very nice.
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It sounds like your hob has had the unforunate luck of being near a tick nest as the larvae ticks were emerging. When you pull the ticks off see if they have 6 legs or 8, this will identify if they are larvae or nymphs/adults if you're bothered. The Frontline will certainly disturb them enough to cause many to fall off, but it probably won't kill them (they will just drop off and hide in the woodwork til they need another feed.) The active ingredient of Frontline is an insecticide, as ticks aren't insects, there is no real proof it works against ticks. Ticks don't lay eggs in/on a host so
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What do ya reckon to him?
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I use a mix of citronella oil, mixed with crushed garlic ,malt vinegar and water on the horses and the ferret coop. I spray the mix on the inside roof where the ferrets can't get to, works very well. Horses stay fly free too.
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When was your hob vasectomised? If recently the swelling may well be a haematoma, which will require vet attention. Any abnormal swelling to testicals really should be checked by a vet.
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I wouldnt bother. I only kept a hob to take my jills out of season as I only work jills. I ended up with a hob I didnt want a load of young I didnt want! I culled the hobs at a day old (which I didnt want to do!) as If I get stuck with the young jills I can live with that. I didnt want to cull the kits and as it made sense to do snip a hob to cover all my jills I did so instead of jabing my jills individually to save money and time in the long run. I tried to be responsable and look what happened ! If you were being responsible you would have sold/homed the hobs to people who did wa
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is there any such thing as a true black eyed white ferret?
ferret100 replied to bigbailey's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
No, a white ferret with burgundy eyes is a DEW (Dark eyed white). White ferrets with brown or black eyes are also DEWS. There is no such technical term as a black eyed white, BECAUSE a white ferret with pigmentation (clearly defining the colour from an Albino) can have various eye colours. The classification is DEW, not black eyed white, but yes a white ferret with black eyes is certainly a variation of a DEW. I don't think DEW is a 'technical term' either. There are four basic colors. The Sable (including chocolate and dark), Albino, Dark Eyed White (DEW), and the silver. All th
