new baby

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iv been thinking for some time now to add a 3rd baby , girl boy doesnt matter but im leaning towards a shampagne or and white with dark eyes , not sure yet. but my question is how old are they when they are sold from a pet store and how would i introduce this little one to my other 2 and do i introduce this baby to my 2 together or 1 at a time ? i know to do it in a small area to start ,and gradualy more to bigger area over time ,and do i quarantine this little one ?

[yukkabelle]

The age can be different on the pet store. I get Nahum at the age of 10 weeks. And Bear who was playing musical pet stores , I get him at the age of 7 months. I will not separate your 2 for the introduction. It is only my opinion. I will do the introduction with both. Quarantine will be good for illness, and also for when they are unsupervised until your are certain they can be fine all the 3 together.

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4 out of my six i got from pet store. they were all about 8 weeks old. I hva enever had to seperate any of mine when bringing new ones home. All of my babies were gotten one at a time and introduced to the others as they were all out playing. Have never had any problems.

[huronna]

I never have had to separate a new one from the old ones, they usually get along right away.
The problem I did have though was April, who I got from a pet store came with ear mites. So I had to treat her as well as my others. And then when I adopted Mac, he too came with ear mites, so it was total treatment again.

[crazywhomans2]

i have been on both sides of the fence. I have not kept my babies seperated when bringing them in to the fold. That was when i was a newbie..............now that i am older and wiser I keep all sperated in different cages and sometimes in different rooms. as I have had problems with the greensilmes.......and agression( this only a couple of times.). Since the fuzzies have the run of the top floor where my bed room is, and they come out at night i can hear if i will have problems and i can move quickly to rescue the or break up the agressive tussle. Though i haven't had a case of the greenslimes lately any newbies will be put in quartine for a week or two even three..... Most get along but there are a few who are not joiners, My little shelia and stewie(who were cagemates and who have passed on and i miss them) were never joiners i had to rotate one group at a time, when one group was out stewie and shelia were in their cage and if any other fuzzie came near there was hissing and fussing most of the time stewie and sheila were sleeping but it was very difficult and heart breaking that they would not adjust. I know that they are happier playing at the bridge and have had a tude adjustment...........when i join the newest one it will be monitored closely, if a small problem arises i will get the most laid back fuzzie and put that one in with the newbie and let them adjust to one another and also swap bedding too, so smells get transfered. I had one little girl who never knew what humans were for and was a single fuzzie, was terrified of the others it took her a year to adjust to the others and she is now a different little girl, plays and tussles with the rest and has adjusted to all. I hope that this helps......
mommie laurie

[greta]

My first ferret was a 22 month old little DEW girl named Nada who was a determined matriarch. Six months after Nada claimed me I brought home a rescured male for her named Cinco de Mayo. I kept Cinco in a separate cage and put Nada and Cinco together several times a day under my constant supervision. Nada terrified poor Cinco. Then one day Nada tore into Cinco so violently that I immediately intervened, comforting Cinco who had assumed the 'belly up' position in subservience to Nada. He had left 'fright poop' on the carpet. I lifted Cinco into my arms to comfort him and when I let him go to clean up the poo, he trotted over to Nada and pinned her down with his body weight. I was amazed when they emerged as a bonded pair! But I made the mistake of putting my boy into Nada's cage too soon and that night she kicked him out of her hammock. Immediately I went to Cinco's side and returned him to his own cage where he spent the night in peace. But from that day on their bond remained solid. Again I brought home a 12 week old kit (TT, male) from a Chicago pet store. TT had his own cage and Cinco bonded with him at once and took TT under his 'wing.' But it took 3 months of patiently working with Nada before she accepted TT into our business of ferrets. Once I noticed Cinco giving TT pouncing lessons by the front door when Nada was upstairs sleeping. It was then I knew TT was old enough and large enough to meet Nada's confrontation. These two bonded within a few days. When Itty claimed me, I kept her in a playpen in the dining room. My Naughty Nada would go to the outside of the playpen and lure Itty over, pretending she wanted to be friends. Itty would trot over the the side of the pen where Nada was waiting and Nada would grab her by the ear or the snout and bite down while Itty screamed in pain. I would lift Nada into my arms to let her know I wasn't angry at her for acting like a ferret and hold her until she calmed down. Then I would go to Itty to console her. TT was the only one of my babies who would play with Itty without hurting her. But I began to notice TT would cringe and try to hide under the bedding when I put him in the playpen (now located in the kitchen). One day I saw Cinco chasing poor TT down time after time and pinning him to the floor. When TT ran away, Cinco repeated the process until TT lay exhausted in total submission. Cinco had scented Itty on TT's coat and was reinforcing Nada's 'law' that Itty was to be ostracized until SHE decided to allow my newest little baby into the fold. The bonding took place 2 months after Itty's arrival here. Itty was 11 weeks old when she claimed me and I bought her from a pet store. Now I have only two ferrets. Ozzie and Itty and they both get along quite well except that Ozzie is much larger and a little rough as Itty's playmate sometimes. I hope this helps you. Sorry this is so long, gf. Huggers, Greta