problem ferret

[ebony1 0]

i have 4 jills i have had them six months one became unwell took it to the vets it had a high tempeture and lost weight got the temp back down vet told us to put her back in with the otheres as we kept her in a seperate cage to stop anything catching on the other ferrets we put her bac in with the others and she doesnt play or eat but bought her back out from the others and put her on her own and she was eating and playing but still wobbly on her feet any suggestions

[Kay 3,709]

She could have been bullied by one of the others hence the not eating & general depression of her general health , leave her on her own untill she is back to normal

 

What i would do is try her again with the others once she is fit & simply observe the behaviour , she just may be a ferret who likes a quite life & isnt really suited to the rough & tumble of living in a group

 

dont make the mistake i made after i got my first ferret , i was told ferrets have to have other ferret company so i did as was advised & got a second ferret, problem was being so new to ferrets i just assumed the squeeling was part of what they did

 

I nearly lost the second ferret due to the consitent bullying of the origonal jill , the poor thing stopped eating & was basically dying untill i went to a ferret pr event & spoke to the people running it who thankfully liked a few miles from me & came over here to observe the pair of them, within mins the chap had told me what was wrong

 

Both jills had seperate cages from that point & the bullied jill picked up in a week & was later that year mixed with a hob who she got on with for years

 

 

There all very different

[jacrabbit 0]

poor girl. she mite end up being a loner. when i go to the rescue to look at ferrets i will also look at maybe taking in a loner. i worry that a loner mite get lonely in the cage on its own. but i am still considering it if there is a loner that really needs a home.

[mick20 23]

When you are happy she is eating and strong enough, try taking one of the other jills from the other cage and put it in with her and observe. As Kay said it may be that she is being bullied by only one of the others and may live ok with another.

I prefer to have my ferrets all together if possible(if hob is snipped) but as said above she may be end up being a loner, just means you will have to make more of a fuss of that one.

ATB Mick

[The one 8,577]

Have you seen any of the others having a go at her mate ???