Reducing the smell.

[Haystack 11]

I've got Three large whole Hobs, who, to be frank stink to hell and can't be touched without making your hands smell too. (In the summer). I know this is because they are on heat etc and to be honest they live in a big hutch at the end of the garden, so it's never bothered me - and it's not the hutch that smells, it's them. I've attempted washing, but they end up stinking just as bad a few days afterwards.

 

 

Anyhow, I'm now looking to move, and unforunatly it looks like the garden is going to be much smaller - so more consideration has to be taken into controling there odor - I was wondering what my opitions where?.

 

Should I?

 

1.) Get them newtered - which would stop them going into heat and stinking?

2.) Replace two of them with two jills, and get the remaining one snipped?

3.) Something else?

 

Cheers

 

Andrew

[longnetter 32]

If you're not going to breed from them mate get them neutered . That'll cut the smell to almost nothing and they can live in the same cage all year round .

Cost might be an issue tho

 

ATB

[stealthy1 3,964]

Have your hobs castrated, maybe easiest and cheapest

[wullieh 53]

Washing your ferret on a regular basis is bad for the ferret as it drys out the skin then the ferret has to produce more oils to make him smell nice as this is part of the breeding, and the more you wash him the more oil he produce and the more smellier he becomes.

get them neutered as if you replace two with jills then the one you get the snip will still smell just as bad as an entire hob.

[Coneytrappr 30]

Neuter mate, it will cut the odour dramatically, and keep their cage cleaned out religiously.

[bleachtastesnice 4]

Might be an old wives tale but I have heard that a little garlic helps, think its intended as a addative to the water, havent tryed it myself thoe, due to thinking it cant be good for them, sure if it was tryed and tested it would of already been suggested...

 

All the best,

BleachTastesNice

[Simoman 110]

Castration.......

[Haystack 11]

for castration, do I have to wait till they come of heat, as there bollocks are the size or marbles at the moment.

[longdog99 1]

for castration, do I have to wait till they come of heat, as there bollocks are the size or marbles at the moment.

 

Nows the best time to do it mate before they disapear ..

[The one 8,482]

Try cleaning them out more and using red cedar shavings

[ferretertom 7]

Get the all castrated/neutered and this should reduce the smell 90% as said wood shaveings and shredded paper changed weekly should help the hutch smell more pleasant than it would otherwise aswell as cleaning the muck corners out daily if not allready.

[fragle 1]

my one used to stink , but got him castrated and now no more smell at all

[longdog13 36]

Zoflora is a good remedial Spray for their living quarters. it used to be really quite expensive, but even pound shops are selling it now

[spanj 11]

I've got Three large whole Hobs, who, to be frank stink to hell and can't be touched without making your hands smell too. (In the summer). I know this is because they are on heat etc and to be honest they live in a big hutch at the end of the garden, so it's never bothered me - and it's not the hutch that smells, it's them. I've attempted washing, but they end up stinking just as bad a few days afterwards.

 

 

Anyhow, I'm now looking to move, and unforunatly it looks like the garden is going to be much smaller - so more consideration has to be taken into controling there odor - I was wondering what my opitions where?.

 

Should I?

 

1.) Get them newtered - which would stop them going into heat and stinking?

2.) Replace two of them with two jills, and get the remaining one snipped?

3.) Something else?

 

Cheers

 

Andrew

[spanj 11]

Thought about swapping them for a goldfish or something