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ferretguy12345

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  1. Lets round this argument up its getting out of hand and its now boring. If you leave your jills in season it leads to the levels of oestrogen to build up, causing progressive depression of bone marrow. This CAN lead to pancytopaenia, the abnormal depression of all 3 cell types in the blood. This CAN be potentially fatal, but DOES inevitably kill them before full life expectancy. When the vulva is swollen shes open to allsorts of infection, she will develop peritonitis this can kill her then and there, or for you lot that have all the experience it can clear up lol, well thats what your lead to
  2. 1 albino jill, 2 years old good worker, 1 sandy jill kit and 1 silver hob kit. Pm me for more information.
  3. And i have no interest in rescues either, you definatley have the wrong individual, trust me.
  4. im not an old member and i dont run a rescue, think you have the wrong person, and i have ten years experience, and believe theres always new things to learn. And thats not where i got the information, my friends a vet he told me of it and suggested it to myself and gave me a report on it.
  5. I think the finger in the mouth situation bit barbaric, it just makes them worse biters. Handle your ferrets regularly and kindly, a badly handled and unhandled ferret will bite, and this leads to umanageable ferrets. Your voice is just as important and essential as the handling of the ferret, the more they get used to the smell of you and your voice the more they will trust you. Never just grab your ferrets as well as you can recieve a nasty bite by accident, my ferrets all come to the sound of my voice and are all well handled. I am the proud owner of a european jill which i bought this year
  6. Its betavet alloa, £20. 46 for snip, and fifty for castration
  7. Yes you can be left with a lot of unwanted kits, they can have litters of up to fifteen kits, and ususally you would lose one or two but it is very hard work. Cleaning out and handling them to keep them tame, its very time consuming, then there is the rehoming situation, i have seen people struggle to rehome a free ferret.
  8. When they are out of rut mate, mines go back together around the middle of september. But sometimes hobs may never go back together, just the way it goes sometimes.
  9. You have to weigh up both the positives and the downsides to both arguments and decide on your own individual belief and opinion what is right for your ferret, i use the implant and get it replaced, a year and a half later, this covering the risk of it running out, i get it done for twenty pounds and so far my hob has been of good health, and he has fathered no litters for last 2 seasons, this is my personal option, it is low risk, and works for me.
  10. Lol there is a downside to all things, firstly the implants do not last long, few years at the most, so this is a problem for most as you cant tell when it runs out and inexperienced owners might end up with a litter, when it does run out without realising it. Secondly theres the jill jab this firstly is used and created for dogs, the downside is its a chemical and pumping your little jill repeatedly with chemicals is not a recommended thing to do, as if you do want to breed her in the future it has been proved that there can be complications with the pregnancy, usually resulting in death of k
  11. I think thats a good question, really breeding is pretty much wrong, unless its for creating a new strain or working line. Breeding should only be considered to improve the animal in some way, as there are plenty of homeless ferrets due to already unknowledgeable owners who dont understand the true concept of having a ferret.
  12. The implant is apparently an excellent idea, it controls the hormones and still allows the hob to take the jill out of season, it only lasts for 2 years though, Nico r.Shoemaker has come up with a new implant thats being trialled in uk now, so far it has been welcomed but time will tell.
  13. Mmmmm i wouldnt have thought so. I disagree as its very unlikely, my friend along the road treats ferrets with no respect, he loses his jills year after year, and i also know of another lad who had his jill for four years, he bred it for the first time this year it died with full litter in womb, vet said it was an infection due to him leaving her in season year after year. I have read up on the topic studied it and dont think they would survive that long. But thats my opinion and if your telling the truth im glad for you as i wouldnt wish anyones ferret dead.
  14. I agree, it is very unlikely she will breed at this time of year, even if shes been in season for the whole term, she will still come out of season, but as you have read there are huge risks involved in doing this. If you did breed them you could actually tell what colours you were going to throw if you new what colour the parents of the two you have were. As the ferret carries just like all living creatures a phenotype and a genotype, phenotype is the physical appearance and genotype is its genetic make-up this is hidden, but you can tell by the parents, for example if your albinos parents we
  15. It actually does happen to every jill, but depends on a few different things, diet and hygiene etc. But they will not live for the potential 12 years that they are supposed to live for. And the jill will never make it past 5, 6 years due to health problems they pick up when they are older anyway, your just shortening their lifespan, no doubt about it.
  16. I have a vasectomised hob to, better not taking the risk.
  17. i dont think i will work her mate shes nearly all black, my permission is pretty bushy and has bit of woodland so i use lighter ferrets for working.
  18. i agree, if you leave your jill in season its cruel, it leads to the levels of oestrogen building up, causing progressive depression of the bone marrow. This can lead to the depression of all three cell types in the jills blood, causing lots of problems, it always ends in the jill dieing young. It leaves he jill open to infection and other fatal consequences.
  19. Maybe someone could do a programme on ferrets and make it about the ferrets in their true light.
  20. lol i mean jills in season that are left in season mate, sorry for not highlighting this.
  21. Aye my european is supposed to be 100 percent, but wouldnt have that so, i went to aberdeen for her, guy was handling her with welding gloves lmao, shes never bitten me once just handled her daily, her parents supposed to be from wild.
  22. Im against it but they do live for years after, but you are shortening their lifespan. Whats peoples thoughts on the topic.
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