Hobs and jills together

[jultaylor1972 2]

I've heard so many conflicting opinions on this so I thought I'd ask on here what peoples views are; If a hob is castrated is he ok to stay in with the jills all year round? Or will he still rag them about? This is assuming that all the jills have the jill jab to bring them out of season. Im only asking because I now have a hob who will need to be separated next year as Im planning on getting him vasectomised to bring my jills out of season - or at least that was the plan until I discovered that jill jabs only cost £3.50 at a vets near me So I may just get him castrated but onlyif he can stay in with the jills all year round ~ if not then I'll stick with my original plan. Cheers in advance.

[Ron Weasley 83]

Castrated, it will definitely be fine.

 

I keep my castrated hob and jills together at all times, and have never ever had a problem.

 

I've got another 2 jills and a vasectomised hob on the way, and I plan to keep them all in the same space too- just hope the vascectomised fella leaves the girls alone!

[Kay 3,709]

As a general rule a castrates fine to keep with all jills & other castrates, the only problem i can see you coming up against is if the ferrets genuinly dont get on

[Kay 3,709]

Castrated, it will definitely be fine.

 

I keep my castrated hob and jills together at all times, and have never ever had a problem.

 

I've got another 2 jills and a vasectomised hob on the way, and I plan to keep them all in the same space too- just hope the vascectomised fella leaves the girls alone!

 

Ron i found keeping a vasectomised hob in with the entire jills i had here very easy, he only bothered the jills when each one came into season & then left them alone , it also stopped the maternal dragging of other ferrets once they went into pseudo pregnancy , all in all it worked here for years untill he died .

 

I also kept castrates with the vasectomised hob as well as the jills, around 10 ferrets in a group

[The one 8,529]

Ive got a complete hob and a snipped hob both with 5 jills and both live with them all year round and never had a problem .

[Ron Weasley 83]

Castrated, it will definitely be fine.

 

I keep my castrated hob and jills together at all times, and have never ever had a problem.

 

I've got another 2 jills and a vasectomised hob on the way, and I plan to keep them all in the same space too- just hope the vascectomised fella leaves the girls alone!

 

Ron i found keeping a vasectomised hob in with the entire jills i had here very easy, he only bothered the jills when each one came into season & then left them alone , it also stopped the maternal dragging of other ferrets once they went into pseudo pregnancy , all in all it worked here for years untill he died .

 

I also kept castrates with the vasectomised hob as well as the jills, around 10 ferrets in a group

 

 

Excellent, thanks Kay! I'll let you know how it goes when they come then!!

[Kay 3,709]

You may find it works for you , i have had hobs since then who i couldnt house with another ferret when in season

[The one 8,529]

Only thing i reckon if youv'e only got a couple of jills you might be better with the jill jab as a hob might be too horny to be kept with a couple of jills all the time

[jultaylor1972 2]

Well, thats settled it then! He is getting castrated and the jills will be getting jill jabs! Just one more thing; will this affect his ferreting abilities?

[stubby 175]

better to get him the snip, I understand that your jill jabs are cheap, but its not good on their health, keep getting them jabbed, far better to keep them with a snipped hob

[sue 1]

get him the snip ,i have jills ,castrated hobs and a vasectomised all living together all year round .no problems, but getting them the jill jab isnt good for their health all the time plus they can come back in season so your paying out again.

[knocker 0]

a lot of people will disagree with me on this but, my experience is.........i've had hobs castrated three times now and following the op, two of them went from good workers to showing absolutely no interest in working, it was almost as if the hunting instinct was removed at the same time, instead of being a lively handfull, both of them would have been at home being dressed up by some loony American and fed baby food ! the other one still worked but lost his bully the bugger's out ability, i will never ever castrate a hob again.....in my opinion, if you work your hobs, think hard before castrating, i am not prepared to risk ruining a good ferret for the sake of keeping him away from the jills

[The one 8,529]

Thats the thing get a hob snipped you can still use him on your jills and work him ,get a hob castrated you can only work him and if he not a good worker then what ???

[MikeTheDog 153]

Julie,...Only use the 'jill jab' as a last resort. It isn't good for them!

[The one 8,529]

Using the jill jab repeatidly cause's lump's under the skin