Ferret attacking other ferrets?

[bigphil 0]

Right i started out with 2 jills, they both got out, a few days later i get 1 back by this time id already baught 2 more anyway cut a long story short, the other missing ferret appears after being out for 2 MONTHS. So that makes 4. Well the 1 that was out for 2 months (LILLY) is obviously abit of a git biting, hissing and what not at me. What iam getting to is LILLY is not getting on with the other ferrets she keeps going to bite them they bite her back (PLAYING) but them it turns abit nasty because LILLY keeps going back for more, The thing is tho LILLY isnt even hard and what i mean by thats is when they go back at her she drops to the floor and they just mount her and rag her. i have 1 really good working ferret SAVAGE and when she gets a hold of her she wont let go (she gets the back of her neck and shakes) i have to pick them up and seperate them. Why is this??????????? I keep them in a seperate hutches at the mo and I try and let them play around for a bit each day (excluding SAVAGE) to see if she will carm down.

 

Will this always be the case or will they see eye to eye sometime.

[runforyourlife 361]

Just leave tehm to settle there differences. Mine grab each other by teh neck and shake many times when playing, make horrible noises and look as tho they are going to kill each other.....Ferrets are pretty sociable animals, and like company, they will sort it out. A freind of mine parted 2 because they were at each other. In the end he left them together, they are still together now....

[Halfinch 51]

I agree with run for your life, let them sort it out, what seems nasty to us isn't to ferrets, keep your eye on them and if it gets REAL nasty then separate them, but a ferret pulling another by the back of the neck is not nasty, it's a dominance thing, and USUALLY they will learn where there place is.

[Kay 3,709]

Well it depends on how long you consider time enough to settle, i personally wouldnt allow it to get to the point where the ferret (lilly) is loosing condition, they go down fast when stresed & i have had simmilar situations here in the past and wouldnt allow longer than a week as they do get very stressed when in a situation they dont want to be in,

[bigphil 0]

To be honest i think personally it is abit nasty. They make weird horrible noises and stuff. And when ive picked 1 up it still had the other in its mouth dangling from its ear...

 

So should i just leave them at it for a bit and see what happens???

[Kay 3,709]

To be honest i think personally it is abit nasty. They make weird horrible noises and stuff. And when ive picked 1 up it still had the other in its mouth dangling from its ear...

 

So should i just leave them at it for a bit and see what happens???

 

If your not comfortable with the situation & think its more than just setling in problems i would move Lilly out, she is obviously not happy & bare in mind the other ferrets are effectivly strangers as they were missing for months, so smell differently etc, are they letting of there scent glands when they fight as well

[bigphil 0]

To be honest i think personally it is abit nasty. They make weird horrible noises and stuff. And when ive picked 1 up it still had the other in its mouth dangling from its ear...

 

So should i just leave them at it for a bit and see what happens???

 

If your not comfortable with the situation & think its more than just setling in problems i would move Lilly out, she is obviously not happy & bare in mind the other ferrets are effectivly strangers as they were missing for months, so smell differently etc, are they letting of there scent glands when they fight as well

 

 

It was just lilly that went missing and the others have been together from the start. i think iam going to get them all out in the morn and let them have a run round together which i do anyway but this time iam just going to leave them for about 30mins then go back to see.

 

What you reckon? Or will they all gang up on her if they see SAVAGE attacking her?

 

Theres only one thing i want out of this, is that none of them get hurt!!!!

[Kay 3,709]

To be honest i think personally it is abit nasty. They make weird horrible noises and stuff. And when ive picked 1 up it still had the other in its mouth dangling from its ear...

 

So should i just leave them at it for a bit and see what happens???

 

If your not comfortable with the situation & think its more than just setling in problems i would move Lilly out, she is obviously not happy & bare in mind the other ferrets are effectivly strangers as they were missing for months, so smell differently etc, are they letting of there scent glands when they fight as well

 

 

It was just lilly that went missing and the others have been together from the start. i think iam going to get them all out in the morn and let them have a run round together which i do anyway but this time iam just going to leave them for about 30mins then go back to see.

 

What you reckon? Or will they all gang up on her if they see SAVAGE attacking her?

 

Theres only one thing i want out of this, is that none of them get hurt!!!!

 

I think if you observe them while there out you may well pick up on the problem, from past experience i have had jills who seek out targets stalk them & attack, sometimes relentless continual attacks , theres only so much of this you can stand before you simply have to seperate them before one of them gets hurt or even killed.

 

I would be tempted to leave them if its just a few minor squabbles & then they go about there business

[runforyourlife 361]

To be honest i think personally it is abit nasty. They make weird horrible noises and stuff. And when ive picked 1 up it still had the other in its mouth dangling from its ear...

 

So should i just leave them at it for a bit and see what happens???

 

 

 

I just said that they make wierd noises, i have had 3 dangling from each other,, just leave them be, they will sort it out, they are wild animals, which are very very hard, and very rarely get beat up..

[The one 8,503]

Are they all young ferrets ?? are they no settling out there social position in the pack

[stubby 175]

sometimes owners can be over cautious, things that seem tough to us, is part and parcel of being a ferret, I had 8 jills (mothers and daughters) and a castrated hob in the court, one of this years jill kitts, constantly attacked the other jills, but always came off worst for it,sometimes being blooded, she now has a few battle scars on her forehead, but she's learnt her place in the community, I've now put the 6 hobs back in there too, thats 15 all in the court, and they are getting on great, every ferret knows its place

[Coatesy900 0]

Leave them together mate, it might look as if they are seriously trying to kill each other but they are just trying to establish their dominance.

[mooster 1]

I've had this loads of times with my jills.

The mother of my litter attacked one of her daughters relentlessly for weeks after she had been to the vet to be spayed.

The general rule I find is only consider intervening if blood is drawn or the "victim" starts to look sick or exhausted.

Otherwise let nature take it's course...........which can take weeks in my experience, so try to be patient!

[will.f11 24]

either, split them up until you get it back to normal tame wise, or put them out and let them settle it themselves

[Brimmer 220]

At some point the mothers of the young will try to push there young away when they have had enough, and think they should be flying the nest as they would in the wild. Is the jill doing the attacking a parent from this year? And does she attack young ferrets, (This years?)