i don't know much about ferrets but my brother has loads of them - he uses them for working.

he hasn't been an animal person - but omg you dare mess with is ferrets and he will have you lol!

he treats them really well!

i was told that a female ferret will stay in season for a long time until they are eventually mated!
also the fact if they are not mates they might get an infection, so their fore it is a must to breed them.

my brother was told that if he got one of his males neutered and if he put it in with his females - he would bring them out of their season - so as a result he wouldn't need to breed them.

is this true?

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do you know i wanted to know the same thing as i was reading on the net the other day the same thing i think its best to ask a vet ..thats what im going to do..

my brother is planning on phoning the vet, i just thought they might be some experienced ferret people on here

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yes................................

great to hear

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No no no no no >_<

A neutered hob will do NOTHING as it won't have the hormones that drive it to mate. A vasectomised hob is what he need,s however vasectomised hobs smell like un vasectomised hobs.

He can however go to the vet for a jill jab which will bring her out of season, or indeed get her spayed.

It's a massive misconception that ferrets HAVE to be bred, and the reason why so many ferrets are in rescues >_<

If they aren't bought out of season they get an overload of hormone which leads to a type of anemia (Can't remember the name) which eventually kills them.

Peace
Akai-Chan

Its called aplastic anemia, its cancer.

They will stay in season all thought the summer months if left but they are coming in season earlier and going out later as its milder weather.

Please dont mate them, i currently have close to 100 ferrets, my friend has 200 and another friend has 150 all in rescue its far better to get the ferrets neutered it also prevent cancer of the womb later on.

Vasectomised hobs can and do reverse so they are not alwasy the best option, its usually very pricey to get them done as well.

Neutering is the best option by far, males also need neutering or they becoem agressive to one another and a single ferret is an unhappy ferret.

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Tiggy, 13 yr old Collie x Alsation, Lucy 11 yr old epileptic cross breed, Kara, collie x whippet

oh forgot to say, because the vulva swells so much the jills often get infections because its constantly attracting dirt especially if they work.

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Tiggy, 13 yr old Collie x Alsation, Lucy 11 yr old epileptic cross breed, Kara, collie x whippet

okay i will tell him what you have said!

if he choses to listen -well thats a different story

he has got a lot of ferrets.

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Hi there,

You might find the answers to your questions in the articles here. Good luck.

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