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Ferrets - Keeping Hobs & Gills together?


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I have bred my 2 Gill ferrets this year with my friends hobs (2 different Hobs) and had 2 litters. My Albino Gill had 11 Kits and my Polecat gill had 7 kits. I have given the majority of them away and have been left with 3 which i have decided to keep for my self, an Albino Hob, Sandy Gill & Polecat Gill. The Albino Hob & Sandy Gill are brother & Sister & the Polecat Gill is from the other litter. Having only ever kept Gills together, i was wondering if i would be able to keep all three living together and what would be the best route to go down with regards to neutering/spaying/vasectomy? Cheers, Rich :)

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the problem your gonna have is the hobs are not gonna leave the jills alone when in season and in your case if this happens your gonna be inbreeding. i've always kept hobs seperate from jill in my court, however i have a hob who's has his nuts cut so he serves the jills when needed to bring them out of season. hope this helps ATB..

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Get the hob vasectomised and with two jills he shouldn't mark them up as bad as if he was with one jill and that should solve bring them out of season next year

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When you say you have have a Hob with his "Nuts Cut" do you mean a vascectomy and just his tubes tied? I was told if a hob had his nuts cut or castrated he would not take the Gills out of season as he would not have the desire or hormones to want to breed with them. Cheers, Rich

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If castrated he wont be able to bring them out of season.

He would however be able to live with them with no problems all year around ( even in breeding season )

If vascectomised there is a big chance he would have to be seperated and live on his own in the breeding season ( anything from feb - sept these days )

I would personally castrate him if u plan on keeping him with them full time.

You would then have to either use a friends v-hob to bring them out of season or give them the jill jab ( cost £10-£20 normally )

Or spay the jills as well

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