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Post by shadoe on Apr 27, 2009 9:15:36 GMT -5
We have a chance to buy two baby ferrets from a couple near us who have the Mom and Dad and 6 babies. They are hand raised and the parents have been with them for 2 yrs.
The babies are 2 female sables and will be ready in 2 weeks.
I am concerned though because they are not vet checked, have no shots and are not spayed or neutered nor decented.
I can handle the smell but I am concerned about down the road. We are will ing to get the shots done.
I am wondering about the pros and cons of having a non spayed , non decented female ferret. How will it affect them and will it bother the others who are all spayed etc.
What about health concerns down the road? Are there any benifits to not having them spayed or decented?
Most of all I am concerned that they will not get along with the others.
Any advice would greatly help us make this decision as to whether or not to go ahead and get these little girls.
Thanks so much for all of your help.
Shadoe
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Post by Dar24 on Apr 27, 2009 12:41:11 GMT -5
Shadow...you will need to get the two girls spayed...
Female ferrets when they go into heat,, they stay in heat until they are bred or get a shot from the vet to take her out of heat.. If she is not bred or given this shot she may die..Not exactly sure of the technical term but I am sure someone else will be able to give you more details..
I don't know anything about how unspayed females will act with the rest of your bunch..Hopefully someone will have more experience with that..
Hope this helps a bit,
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Post by fleafighter on Apr 27, 2009 12:50:02 GMT -5
what i can tell you about getting whole girls is that youll need to get them fixed.as for descenting its not needed,the other ferrets wont care.you probly wont notice either except for an occasional poofing. i dont know about unfixed female ferret behavior. if you want to do the surgeries id say go for it. with any whole ferrets ive seen, or late alters, they have a completly different type of personality than a petstore ferret.
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Post by greta on Apr 27, 2009 15:32:24 GMT -5
I am not familiar either gf, with the behavior of an unspayed female ferret (jill). However, Dar is correct when she says that at the time these girls come into season they will either have to be bred, go through the 'act' with a vasectomized male ferret, or have an injection at the vet's to bring them out of season. Jills do not come out of season until one of the above has been done and remaining in season can bring on a swerious type of anemia that will result in the death of the jill. It will be much better to have each of these little ones spayed, but wait until they are old enough to be at least close to becoming sexually mature adult ferrets. Ferrets who are spayed or neutered later in their lives are not nearly as subject to adrenal diseas and some of the other diseases which so commonly affect our N. American ferrets. As has been said above, it is also up to you as to whether or not you wish to have these little ones descented. The 'poofs' do not last more than a few seconds and then the odor is gone. Hopefuly, a member with experience in raising jills will come aboard and give you more information on their behavior and their ability to adjust to your other fuzzies. I hope this helps you. Huggers, Greta
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Post by huronna on Apr 27, 2009 22:46:18 GMT -5
I see from your other post that you have made your decision, and I think it is a good one.
I missed this one because I was already gone to work
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Post by reanee on Apr 28, 2009 7:58:37 GMT -5
I got two unspayed girls at the age of 8 weeks old. I didn't get them spayed until about 6 months.
I didn't get them descented. There seems to be not much diff. in the odor, unless they poof, which very seldom happens. But when they poof you really know it. They poofed more when they were little. You will notice the bedding is smellier if they poof on it. Just wash it.
My males just reeeked when they started to go into rut. About two days after getting them fixed the odor was so much better. They poof more than the girls do. Their odor about knocke me out. Was not used to it. You could tell if they poofed even though they are upstairs and I was down. It drifted. But it is very short lived.
Do get the spayed, but wait till they have time to develop. My vet did not want to do tne spay once they came into heat.
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