Rich.h 4 Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Hoping i'm just overreacting so asking to be safe. I have a vasectomised hob for taking my jills out of season and noticed one jill swelling the last couple of weeks. However the hob seems less than useless, he grabs the jill and goes through most of the motions but seems to endup just humping her back if anything at all. Granted i dont watch them 24/7. I last year the jills were jabbed so i presumed mating a hob would take about the same amount of time for the swelling to go down. Is there a chance i need to give him lessons? also whats the longest i can safely wait before biting the bullet and getting her jabbed? Quote Link to post
Ferret mad Dave 65 Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 I'm sure he will find the spot soon Enough mate Quote Link to post
diggermad 154 Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Is he also in season matey if not hes wasting his time cheers charlie Quote Link to post
wullieh 53 Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 your hob is just starting to come in to season mate, they way to check is check t see if his balls have dropped, not being smart as the hobs retract them during the winter and normally only come into season a few weeks after the jills start to come into season, but he will be fine give him another try in a weeks time if his balls have dropped mate. Swelling will show signs of going down after 7 days but can take up to 21 days to go right down. Quote Link to post
Rich.h 4 Posted March 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 his balls have fully dropped about 2 weeks back. he does seem to try to mate i'm mainly concerned about how long i can safely leave the jill until i have to get the vet to do a jab? Quote Link to post
wullieh 53 Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 there a lot of hype about them dying with aplastic anaemia but to be honest I've seen jills come in to me when I used to run a rescue that had been in season for months Quote Link to post
Bunny Boiler 177 Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 there a lot of hype about them dying with aplastic anaemia but to be honest I've seen jills come in to me when I used to run a rescue that had been in season for months You're right. Some people never bother to mate their gills. Its not 100% that if you don't mate them they die. It's just a risk some people wont take... Quote Link to post
Tiercel 6,986 Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 You may find that the jill he tried to mate will now come out of season, I have seen it happen. She may have a false pregnancy because, even though he has not mated completely with her, it may be enough for her body to think he has. TC 1 Quote Link to post
theferreter 311 Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 hes just not in season yet give mate he Will soon no what hes at when hes in full season Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Just get yourself an electric tooth brush bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz job done Quote Link to post
The one 8,479 Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 If hes in with a few hes maybe spent doing his favourite all the time and doesn't have the energy for the ugly one Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 If hes in with a few hes maybe spent doing his favourite all the time and doesn't have the energy for the ugly one Yep good point the one , Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Put him in a hutch on his own for a good few days then put the said Jill in with him , give him a few sips of Stella before hand : ) only kidding with the last bit ferrets prefer makison stout , lol Quote Link to post
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