ellir0305 9 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 i am going to get ferrets in the summer when i can handle them all the time and wont be going away again, but i was wondering which sex ferrets to get? i am only going to get 2 but idont know whether to get 2 hobs as they dont need snipping if theres no female about (but i dont want them going gay), 2 gills but thats £100 to get them spayed, a hob and a gill (£50 for one of them to be done ), or hob and gill au naturel and sell on the babies? advice grately appreciated Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 If you get 2 hobs you may have to seperate them when they come into season to stop any fighting, if you get one of each the jill still needs bringing out of season & the hob wont be able to stay in with her all year if you leave him entire why not go for 1 jill & get a hob vasectomised, meaning you can add more jills later on Quote Link to post
Guest Magwitch Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 (but i dont want them going gay), There's nothing wrong with gay ferrets mate one of my best working hobs is a right raving poofter called Sebastian............he goes for the arse all the time Quote Link to post
dafydd23 7 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 i am going to get ferrets in the summer when i can handle them all the time and wont be going away again, but i was wondering which sex ferrets to get? i am only going to get 2 but idont know whether to get 2 hobs as they dont need snipping if theres no female about (but i dont want them going gay), 2 gills but thats £100 to get them spayed, a hob and a gill (£50 for one of them to be done ), or hob and gill au naturel and sell on the babies? advice grately appreciated ge a hob and jill when they breed give the young away to working homes theres always people looking for ferrets for to have and if there free u know more than likely they will all go Quote Link to post
j davies 8 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 i am going to get ferrets in the summer when i can handle them all the time and wont be going away again, but i was wondering which sex ferrets to get? i am only going to get 2 but idont know whether to get 2 hobs as they dont need snipping if theres no female about (but i dont want them going gay), 2 gills but thats £100 to get them spayed, a hob and a gill (£50 for one of them to be done ), or hob and gill au naturel and sell on the babies? advice grately appreciated ge a hob and jill when they breed give the young away to working homes theres always people looking for ferrets for to have and if there free u know more than likely they will all go wrong ate you need to look after them for 7 or 8 weeks then find homes for them and you will never no were they go when you just give them away best thing to do is just get the jill to vets for 20 quid a year and she will not have young ones i got 2 jills and 2 hobs i get the jills done every year and never had a prob Quote Link to post
hunters glory 31 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I would say the same as Kay. Iv got six Jills and a vasectomised hob it works for me . It cost me £35 to get the hob done . Quote Link to post
shepp 2,285 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I have two jills and a hob which i plan to get vasectomised, i think this is the best option. You need two ferrets to work and you wont want to risk loosing a vasectomised hob which you have shelled out fifty quid on so he can stay at home. I'd start work on a good size ferret court now if i was you mate. Good luck. Shepp Quote Link to post
ellir0305 9 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) I would say the same as Kay. Iv got six Jills and a vasectomised hob it works for me . It cost me £35 to get the hob done . well that sounds like the best option, will he be able to stay in all year if hes done? i will ring my vet for a quote magwitch im not sure if you should condone that mate lol how badly would two hobs fight? what would i do if i couldnt get rid of all the wee kits>? Edited January 18, 2009 by ellir0305 Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Well to be honest if you go for a hob & 1 jill to start with , get the hob vasectomised around nov time, then by the time the jill needs bringing out of season the hob should be firing blanks. problem is if you breed you dont know how many kits will be born, they then have to be fed & eat tons of food if you do it properly & dont let them go untill there around the 7 to 8 week mark, Quote Link to post
ellir0305 9 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Well to be honest if you go for a hob & 1 jill to start with , get the hob vasectomised around nov time, then by the time the jill needs bringing out of season the hob should be firing blanks. problem is if you breed you dont know how many kits will be born, they then have to be fed & eat tons of food if you do it properly & dont let them go untill there around the 7 to 8 week mark, shepp has a point as well i dont want to loose my pricey hob but i only have a 4x2x2' hutch which is not really good for three and my mum took long enough to persuade to have 2 . what happens if you take them away from their mum before that? does the mum suffer? Quote Link to post
The Ferret Tamer 1 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) ge a hob and jill when they breed give the young away to working homes theres always people looking for ferrets for to have and if there free u know more than likely they will all go That's a pretty irresponsible attitude, people like this cause us more grief than you can imagine! We run a well established ferret rescue and it's this kind of thinking that keeps us busy and as you can imagine get's my back up...... This last season there was an absolute glut of kits and we still have more than our fair share looking for homes! So if you value your ferrets get your hand in your pocket and do the decent thing, get em vasectomised or snipped it will not effect the working ability in fact in my opinion it makes it better but that is another thread going on here at present. Regards FT East Coast ferret Rescue Edited January 18, 2009 by The Ferret Tamer Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Well to be honest if you go for a hob & 1 jill to start with , get the hob vasectomised around nov time, then by the time the jill needs bringing out of season the hob should be firing blanks. problem is if you breed you dont know how many kits will be born, they then have to be fed & eat tons of food if you do it properly & dont let them go untill there around the 7 to 8 week mark, shepp has a point as well i dont want to loose my pricey hob but i only have a 4x2x2' hutch which is not really good for three and my mum took long enough to persuade to have 2 . what happens if you take them away from their mum before that? does the mum suffer? Well even though the jill wont be feeding them at that age they learn a lot from there mother & imo it makes them well ballenced animals if there just left that few extra weeks, couple that with good food & handling & you find homes very easily for good sound animals mentally & physically. Ideally you shouldnt need to breed for a few seasons anyway , get them working & if you need to re stock , breed then, people looking for working stock , usually prefer proven stock , so i think that means a good 2 seasons to find out if its worth breeding from your jill Quote Link to post
ellir0305 9 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Well to be honest if you go for a hob & 1 jill to start with , get the hob vasectomised around nov time, then by the time the jill needs bringing out of season the hob should be firing blanks. problem is if you breed you dont know how many kits will be born, they then have to be fed & eat tons of food if you do it properly & dont let them go untill there around the 7 to 8 week mark, shepp has a point as well i dont want to loose my pricey hob but i only have a 4x2x2' hutch which is not really good for three and my mum took long enough to persuade to have 2 . what happens if you take them away from their mum before that? does the mum suffer? Well even though the jill wont be feeding them at that age they learn a lot from there mother & imo it makes them well ballenced animals if there just left that few extra weeks, couple that with good food & handling & you find homes very easily for good sound animals mentally & physically. Ideally you shouldnt need to breed for a few seasons anyway , get them working & if you need to re stock , breed then, people looking for working stock , usually prefer proven stock , so i think that means a good 2 seasons to find out if its worth breeding from your jill so until then have her jabbed? what is the jab called so i can ask for a quote Quote Link to post
dafydd23 7 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) ge a hob and jill when they breed give the young away to working homes theres always people looking for ferrets for to have and if there free u know more than likely they will all go That's a pretty irresponsible attitude, people like this cause us more grief than you can imagine! We run a well established ferret rescue and it's this kind of thinking that keeps us busy and as you can imagine get's my back up...... This last season there was an absolute glut of kits and we still have more than our fair share looking for homes! So if you value your ferrets get your hand in your pocket and do the decent thing, get em vasectomised or snipped it will not effect the working ability in fact in my opinion it makes it better but that is another thread going on here at present. Regards FT East Coast ferret Rescue my mate had that jab to give jills and the poor jill lost all its fur and it never grew back after, and the ferret rescue around by me charges 35 quid to take a ferret off them thats why theres always loads there Edited January 18, 2009 by dafydd23 Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 If you get kits born this year you wont need it jabbing, and if you get the hob done at the end of this year it wont need jabbing next year either as the hob will be able to go in with her Quote Link to post
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