Can The Scent Of A Perticular Person Make Ferrets Aggressive

[Foxhole 22]

i have always wondered this?

you can have a good tame ferret handled by a few strangers well then bites another. i have met some who have said that ferrets just bite them.

 

This happened last year, I have 2 great well tamed workers and have a few mates who can handle her without a nip but one mate who handles her no differently to the others gets bitten 50% of the time. He gave up keeping them as he was convinced the ferrets had put a curse on him...LOL

But this is not an isolated case and i have seen it many times.Some handlers just seem to be excepted more than others.

Dogs are the same they can just dislike somebody for no apparent reason. I had a dog that would growl at any ethnic minority as in a black person everytime.

i even had a hawk that was persistant in coming down and hitting another falconer and only him. That's only ever happened once but it did happen nevertheless.

 

Thoughts?

Experiences?

[The one 8,463]

I reckon ferrets smell fear

[pie-eater 377]

I reckon ferrets smell fear

It does seem to be the people who have no confidence with ferrets that get bitten a lot.

[GreyRake 108]

Mine will pick on the people who show fear.

[mybrainhurts 23]

The girl who I got my kits off was working at the time so her fella gave them me , when he handed over the hob he said he's vicious but then had to do a double take cos the hob didn't even bat a eyelid and he said well he always goes for me. I mentioned this to her when I message'd her on facebook and she said to be honest all the ferrets attacked him even her main one who's soft as a brush would hiss and go for him. So maybe there's some truth in what you're saying . My smallest Jill who's tiny compared to the hob and quite a bit smaller than my other Jill is a right bitch always snapping at me and she takes no shit off the others too , she seems to be the angry bossy one in and out the hutch and I was just wondering if she suffers from small man syndrome or should I say small woman syndrome . A proper nowty cow she is

[Foxhole 22]

Sensing emotion is definitely most animals pick up on and when you think about it we do too. On the other hand kits usually bite in play and just nip but others really draw blood and to be honest i can't be done with a ferret or kit that i can't break out of this habit. biting ferrets that draw blood i don't believe what anyone says hurts in that short period of time and rummaging around netting i don't want blood dripping from my fingers. So i don't blame these guys and i still believe it is an odour they give over

[Skittles 3]

I got bit by a jill but believe she was just protecting her young. I was told by a wise man that if you handle in confidence it wont bite. If its unsupported and your scared it will bite in fear. Dont know how much id believe in that as there isnt many wise men around these parts

[Ratreeper 441]

I would agree it is definitely true and ferrets and dogs pick up on subtle body language and hesitation that we probably miss ourselves (dogs copy you as well, if you don't like minorities your dog will know!). Ferrets need confident handling from day one and I have had exactly the same experiences where ferrets that have always been 100% with me have been quite nasty with other people. Luckily it was my brother that had it worse, with a ferret that I would trust to crawl all over my face if I was so inclined and it ended up running up his body and hanging off his nose, it is still the funniest thing I have ever seen in my whole life

 

Birds of prey are the same btw, I had a redtail hawk that was completely soft with with me and almost never bated from day 1, but just seemed to hate everyone else. She was also fine with my dog and would let him lick blood off her feet but wouldn't go near other dogs even of the same breed.

[TOMO 26,042]

Don't know about ferrets,,,,but the scent of some people makes me aggressive .......lol

[Hot Meat 3,109]

If my dogs or even my ferrets kept biting somebody I'd take it that the person was a wrong un, if my animals don't like you, then you can bet your skiddy pants that I won't....

[Tiercel 6,986]

Don't know about ferrets,,,,but the scent of some people makes me aggressive .......lol

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[Foxhole 22]

You welsh are nuts! :)

[ferretfatcamp 21]

ferrets have a good nose and dont like strong smells like perfume or aftershave best not to put any on when handling ferrets and they do smell fear and dont like quick movement they tend to bite first and think later

[dayle 7]

I got bit by a jill but believe she was just protecting her young. I was told by a wise man that if you handle in confidence it wont bite. If its unsupported and your scared it will bite in fear. Dont know how much id believe in that as there isnt many wise men around these parts

 

 

yes i agree i believe that we give the ferret the confidence and when were not so sure the can be a bit scatty like one day a had a party the night befor and had to clean the ferrets my one jill is very tame never even tried to nip but this one day i am sure it was because a was not on the ball and a wis a bit nervy for some reason but this day she was acting different with me flared tail and hissing at me and bite in me all the time but whent back next day clear headed and she whas fin like her wee self so yes i believe its confidence or the smell of the pub but confidence sounds better

[onthehunt 40]

i have always wondered this?

you can have a good tame ferret handled by a few strangers well then bites another. i have met some who have said that ferrets just bite them.

 

This happened last year, I have 2 great well tamed workers and have a few mates who can handle her without a nip but one mate who handles her no differently to the others gets bitten 50% of the time. He gave up keeping them as he was convinced the ferrets had put a curse on him...LOL

But this is not an isolated case and i have seen it many times.Some handlers just seem to be excepted more than others.

Dogs are the same they can just dislike somebody for no apparent reason. I had a dog that would growl at any ethnic minority as in a black person everytime.

i even had a hawk that was persistant in coming down and hitting another falconer and only him. That's only ever happened once but it did happen nevertheless.

 

Thoughts?

Experiences?

My mom's dog who she got when she was 7 years old growled and barked viciously at any black person. just one of those things. I am pretty sure the dog wasn't a racist though. she was after all black and tan colour herself...