hob health issue

[Cleanspade 3,322]

right folks ive three ferrets. a jill and two hobs. the jill is in good nik. but the two hobs have recently dropped a lot of weight and are getting a little to skinny. any idea's before the vet skins me

[ferret 222 0]

what diet they on

[Cleanspade 3,322]

complete and the odd rabbit. cat food also

[patterdalejoel 669]

nowt better than 100% carcasses, obvious difference, i have felt friends ferrets in summer when they are on biscuit and by winter when they are on 100% meat they are like a completely different animal

[The one 8,479]

You checked there teeth ? heard of a few ferrets here going down hill as theres no rabbits and there owners are struggling for rabbits and feeding cat or dog food .

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Is it weight they have lost,, or coat! maybe making them look skinny ?

 

Othet than that, check teeth, or the jill, bullying them !

[The one 8,479]

This time of year with there winter coats Rake they should look like little polar bears ?.

[theferreter 311]

aye as the one said mate they should look like polar bears at this time of the year my own hob always looks far bigger than he is in the winter think you should take them to the vets cause something doesnt sound right with them hope its nothing to serious

[Cleanspade 3,322]

checked their mouths they are fine. but defo underwieght the jill is like a polar bear . they are all kept seperate. an old fella local to me had a look at em and said they look fine to him. they are up and about themselves fine. but i see they have lost flesh . he suggested worming them. i think i will take a trip to the vets . cheers

[patterdalejoel 669]

checked their mouths they are fine. but defo underwieght the jill is like a polar bear . they are all kept seperate. an old fella local to me had a look at em and said they look fine to him. they are up and about themselves fine. but i see they have lost flesh . he suggested worming them. i think i will take a trip to the vets . cheers

 

i had the same issue, my 2 original working jills were skin and bone nearly, and there was 3 big fat ferrets that had been bullying them off the food. shot of lead to 2 of the fatties cured the problem, and the jills are looking and feeling in great nick now.

[heritage 202]

So you killed 2 perfectly healthy ferrets.......that isn't what I call responsible ownership., why not re-home them, house them seperatly, hand them in to a welfare, or offer them to someone on here in need of a ferret....

[bulljack 480]

try feeding them pigs feet if they dont put on weight then there is something wrong with them.

[The one 8,479]

ditch the dry and cat food and feed raw meat and plenty of it

[patterdalejoel 669]

So you killed 2 perfectly healthy ferrets.......that isn't what I call responsible ownership., why not re-home them, house them seperatly, hand them in to a welfare, or offer them to someone on here in need of a ferret....

 

because they didnt work. im responsible for them, i bred them and aquired them, so im responsible for what happened to them. if they died painlessly which they did, whats the problem?

[heritage 202]

Not everyone out there wants workers..., some people simply want pets & some ferreters may want a non -working hob to have vasectomised...when you have a problem with an animal you should try and resolve it ......you just chose the easy option & killed perfectly healthy animals....how much time or effort would it have been to hand them in to a welfare or feed them separately......with any animal comes a duty of care & I can only hope you don't experience other problems with your remaining ferrets.....