Hoggle says he aint takin it easy!!

[fleafighter]

last night he was settled-quite happy to be back in his cage.first thing he did was use the litter pan,i think hed been holding it cause there wasnt a pan in his travel cage. then he ate & went to sleep for the night. this morning he was trying to pull the bars off his cage to be out as usual,even climbed the inside of his cage to make his point. i thought he would come out & walk around,maybe realizing hed had surgery yesterday. he wants to climb & get into things like normal.i set him in the big cage while i was cleaning it & he looked around & decided since i was no fun today hed chew on their super chew. i had to lock him up after that cause he was being ornery. i did put him in his harness for a WALK thru the house. he tried to turn it into climbing,wresting with the pup & asking me to take him outside in the mud. i wouldnt let him, so he layed in my arms for some cuddling then i put him home. obviously he didnt read his docs post op instructions!! he has no meds so its not like he doesnt feel pain from his surgery. the dogs ive had fixed never wanted to move for a few days after their spay,Elmo wasnt this determined when he was done. this Hoggle baby is crazy.
i guess it didnt help that i waited to have him fixed when he was having his own private breeding season.he turned into a little monster lately-trying to pull ferrets thru their cage bars & climbing to the ceiling on furniture if he could. he took poor old Flower right out of my hands the other day,grabbed her by the top of her head & was gonna take her under the bed! i had to pry her out of his grip. thats why the sudden decision to get him fixed, i didnt think it beneficial to anyone to wait any longer!now i just have to keep him from running, jumping, climbing, etc for a week

[wildbunch]

Glad to hear he is doing okay. That is not going to be an easy task.

[greta]

Hey, FF! hehehe Your little Hoggle is determined he's not going to make this easy on you, gf. Do you have one of those dealies that you can put Hoogle in and carry him around the house with you while you go about your daily business? This might keep him happy for at least a while. Or you could pick Hoogle up and carry him around the house for a nice walk while he gets a good look at his world going by. Not sure if these things will work for you and your boy, but it might be worth a try. Hoogle does sound like a real handful right now. I'm so glad he's so frisky. Goes to show his surgery hasn't hurt him at all. It will take a while for those hormones to dissipate, especially since he was in rut when he was neutered. Good luck gf, and please continue to keep us posted. Huggers, Greta

[huronna]

I've had quite a few ferrets have different types of surgeries. Excluding the emergency ones that turned out to be cancer and nothing could help, the rest of them were always raring to go. Even a year ago when I had Frick, a 9 year old who had emergency surgery to bladder stones (he was not expected to make it through the surgery) within 48 hours he was on the top shelf of a three story cage. It's one that the doory is always open as my kids are free roamers. He just walked right in , went to the third level, got in a hammock and went to sleep.

Sounds like Hoggle are already recouperated LOL

[lorelei0922]

castrations are generally pretty simple surgeries.. my gang generally are raring to go once they come home that night.. maybe sleepy that night but back to normal the next...

i'd say give him 3 days gentle confinement and then allowing that his incision still looks good and clean.. let him get on with it...

most people here in the UK just put the hobs directly back into their groups when they come home from the vet... less stress that way

[shadoe]

Awe Poor guy. Sounds like you have your hands full as well.