Pet Forums Community - Ferrets

My new jill!!!

champagneannie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:04:38 GMT

Yep, I have jill!

She is on her own, I know, but it was all very quick and I'm getting a large home sorted so i can get her a pal!

My friend's friend breeds Ferrets for rabbiting, and this little girl was born blind in one eye, so he decided she wouldn't be good enough, so he gave her to my mate. He then decided it was a lovely xmas gift for me!!! Irresponsible in reality but also very sweet!

Anyway, luckily, I am okay to take her and she has a lovely new hutch in the insulated shed until we have her a big enclosure.She is only little, but we think she's about 9months old. She is a little nippy (have a nasty bite on my ear) but she is okay to pick up.She is a polecat coloured,and because of her blindness, has one clouded blue eye - she looks a bit evil!!!

Her name is Tia, and I will get pics tomorrow when she has settled down.

Can anyone tell me about wether spaying/hormone injection thing? Which is better/easier/cheaper etc?

Thank you :)

how often should you...

mandiibabez — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:38:20 GMT

clip their nails? i only clipped them about 3 weeks ago but there already long and sharp again? i was also wondering how often you should clean their ears and whats the best way of dong it? thankyou

Bonnie & Clyde

RACR — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:45:38 GMT

My 2 ferrets.

Bonnie

Clyde

worst bite EVER.

Pampered pets — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:14:42 GMT

Well yesterday i was bathing a normally placid ferret with a sore willy when out of the blue he turned and grabbed my hand on the fleshy part between my thumb on finger then he became only what i can describe as 'possessed'

He grabbed and let go grabbing again several times, he was also chomping down to get a bigger grip and shaking his head, i just couldnt get him off as i had to suppoort his body weight with my other hand, after what seemed like ages i finally decided to put him in the bath as there was water in i thought he might let go and thankfully he did, i held my hand over the sink and it just turned red with all the blood.

I still had to sort the ferret out though who was wet so i carefully picked him up and towled him off although i had to rinse him several times as he kept getting covered in blood, after a few mins he was back in the cage and my hand had already swelled considerably, as the day went on i found i couldnt move my thumb or finger and counted 13 puncture wounds, when i realised i couldnt hold anything at all between my thumb and finger i went to the chemist for advice who said straight away i needed a doctor, as it was nearly time for work i decided to see the occupational health nurse but then realised i couldnt drive Rolleyes

Finally got to hospital and was sent straight to A and E, they intiially thought he had gone through a tendon so i had an x ray (although i thought they were only for bones ) and it was definatley infected as half my hand had turned red, i had a dressing put on, my hand bandaged and a sling to keep my hand elevated. Was told i couldnt work for at least a week which isnt good as i only went back on mon after the flu, i was able to show my supervisor the wound before i went down to A and E so they can see im not making it up.

Today my whole hand has swollen and im feeling very drained and tired, not sure if thats the infection you dont realise how much you take your body for granted until you cant use a part of it Sad i even had to leave the door unlocked last night as i couldnt lock it, i cant grip anything with my left hand so feeding the cats tinned food is an ordeal and trying to pick up the ferret to give him is meds is agony, pretty much doing anything at all is hard work and painful.

I have to go back to A and E tomorrow to have it checked over and the dressing changed, however explaining to everyone why my arm is in a sling gets a lot of disbelief and isnt great ferret PR Laughing

Of the 15 years ive had ferrets and the hundreds and hundreds that have passed through or stayed here this is by far the worst bite and most savage attack ive ever ever had, whats your worst bite

Got Ozzy back today!

Akai-Chan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:21:24 GMT

And in all honesty I am disgusted :mad:

I had homechecked the person before I rehomed him and thought they were the right people. I showed them how to clean his ears and clips his nails, put on his harness, handle him and they were all very good and happy with it and I was happy rehoming im to them.

I got him back today and christ. His ears are filthy and looks like he might have ear mites. It doesn;t look like they've clipped his nails once and worst of all, all the nip training I did with him to get him to how he was before I rehomed him (From a proper biter to practically no nips) has been completely undone. I can't even pick him up without him trying to twist around and bite me. No wonder the guy didn't want to stay when he dropped him off >_<

I'm so mad right now. I rehomed him on the good faith that the new owners would take care of him and give him a forever home. This has really dented my confidence in trusting other people with my animals :( Looks like I have a long road ahead to get him back to being a nice ferret. Oh well, at least he has cleaner ears and short nails now :)

Peace
Akai-Chan

1st Ferret Show in Kendal

ferretaddict — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:31:52 GMT

Kendal Show - Details
Hi All, We are having our first ever ferret show in Kendal South Lakes. Please visit our brand new website above (still adding to it) for information or leave message on here. Would love to have lots of ferrets come and of course owners as well....lol

Essex ferrets...

MinxyBoo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:23:33 GMT

Hello! Are there any ferret owners in Essex? I've had my ferrets for three month now and I know I can turn to their Mum and Dad's owner for advice, but it would be great to meet some other owners who are local. I'm in Southend and would love to know if there's anyone out there who'd like to join us on our weekend walking sessions.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Luv Alice, Minxy and Boo xXx

My new boys :D

Akai-Chan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:33:19 GMT

No pictures yet i'm afraid, they're just too fast! working on it though :)

Got my 3 new boys on tuesday, 2 sandy hobs and a polecat hob.

Panga the Polecat
By god this boy is HUGE :eek: but so so so friendly, doesn;t have a bite in him. He's more than happy to sit on my shoulder and act as a scarf :D He's not so eager to play with the other 2 and would much rather sit with me, but he still gets on with them:)

Shpongle the Sandy
Also a big boy, he can be a bit mean and usually has his teeth out and ready. He's more playful with other ferrets than Panga though, hopefully the biting is just something I can work on.

Mogwai the Sandy
This boy is tiny! He;s so playful and is always wardancing and dooking around and doesn;t mind being picked up. He can be a bit bitey but that's something we can work on :D

I get Ozzy in 2 weeks time ^_^

I will get pics ASAP! I promise!

Peace
Akai-Chan

Our 2 new jills

Marcia — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:42:58 GMT

I havn't managed to take good pics of them yet because they won't sit still lol.

But here's a couple of pics of them that the previous owner took :)

Mazie (polecat mitt)

Sandy (sandy)

Is this right?

Marcia — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:31:56 GMT

I've been speaking to another ferret owner who said that he keeps his males and females together when neither are in season. I thought that sounded a bit bizarre :confused:

Can you do this? I've looked on google and i couldn't find anything.

Going to look at ferrets next week

Marcia — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:48:37 GMT

We're going to look and possibly bring home 2 jills next Wednesday :D

I'm so excited :D

We were also going to look at a silver hob sometime next week but the current owner has let me down.