If the mix becomes aggressive, it can be tricky to separate ferrets. Have a towel and cat carrier available to safely and quickly separate them. Ferrets can become quite alert and unpredictable if they are feeling threatened by other ferrets.
Although ferrets usually ignore each other for the first few minutes, their first few hours together will give you some indication as to whether the mix is likely to work or not.
Friendly behaviour includes:. They play rough-and-tumble games, leaping around each other with arched backs. One or both will take turns to grab each other gently by the scruff of the neck and drag each other around or off to their bed area.
This is their natural way of establishing a hierarchy, and it rarely results in serious injury. If you spot any of the unpromising behaviours below, separate the ferrets and seek advice. Unfortunately this particular mix is unlikely to work. Constant neck-scruffing the same ferret in an aggressive manner, often shaking them and making them scream.
One ferret seems to be fearful of the other after a few days — they will keep their distance and may let out a little scream or hiss when other ferrets approach. Many ferrets bond very well with each other. Good luck! They will come into season the year after they were born. The vulva enlarges and peaks at 30 days. The jill is in 'estrus'. Jills are 'induced ovulators' which means that if they are not mated she will remain in season. This can have serious even fatal consequences.
She is liable to infection due to the enlarged vulva and due to the continued production of estrogen in her body can lead to bone marrow depression which leads to a form of anemia aplastic anemia. She will have a slight musky odour during her season. The spay involves removal of the ovaries and uterus, although a bigger operation than for hobs most jills can go home the same day. The best time to get them spayed is as for hobs between 7 and 8 months old before they come in season. If your jill comes in season before she is spayed your vet will probably administer a hormone injection to bring her out of season and then continue with the neutering at an agreed later date.
Spaying when a jill is in season is not recommended due to the uterus being ingorged with extra blood at this time this could lead to fatal blood loss during an operation.
The spay itself will not take the jill out of season so she may also still have the possibility of becoming aplastic anemic. Other possible complication may occur that would eventually lead to death. An alternative to spaying is when your jill comes in season is to have a jill jab at the vets.
This normally reduces the swelling within a week but you may find over the breeding season she may come in season again. When your jill comes in season a vasectomised hob can mate her and your jill will go into a phantom pregnancy.
Now they are about 6 months old, and are due to be de-sexed probably in January. However they are in a big 6x8 foot shed in the garden, and it seems a waste when we could house a couple more rescue ferrets and give them a good home! It has been adapted for ferrets lots of tunnels, one side is mesh, loads of hammocks etc and we have been wandering about adopting a pair of ferrets from a local rescue, the pair are one male and one female.
The male has been desexed, but I have read threads about vasectomised hobs still pestering females during breeding season and exhausting them. Like I said, my jills will be desexed before breeding season, but will the hob still pester them for months? And would he ideally be seperated from all females during that period? Any responses will be appreciated, thanks! Joined: Jul 1, Messages: 1, Likes Received: 1, You say he's been desexed, but then mention vasectomised.
It's more likely he's been castrated if it was done by the rescue, in which case he can happily cohabit with girls. The operation is not always successful or it can reverse itself. Accidental litters can happen.
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