fighting jills

[bryson 562]

alrite guys i have had ferrets for about 5 years now and never had any bother with introducing jills to each other but just recently tryed putting my new polecat in with my albino and she was fine for 5 mins then gripped the poley by the neck and started ragging her about the poley must of shit herself because she let off a horrible smell like a skunk do you think i will be able to put them together or will it never happen

[fcuktheban 140]

You've had ferrets for five years and this is the first time you've smelt them spray? You're a lucky guy If the albino is attacking the poley then it's better to not put them together. Usually ferrets are kept together for company but obviously the albino can do without the company. Ferrets can do a great deal of damage to each other in a very short period of time and it is not easy to break them up. Once she's attacked the other one I wouldn't trust her to not kill it later when you aren't around, better safe than sorry.

[The one 8,555]

I doubt there going to fight to the death but putting a strange jill in to a hutch with a resident jill your going to have a scrap to show who's domant

[Ideation 8,216]

Sure she wasn't just showing her who the daddy (well, mummy) was? Or trying to treat her like a kit?

 

Also ftb - had ferrets a long time and never had one spray.

[theferreter 311]

the albinos just showing the poley whos boss they will soon sort it out

[ferret100 47]

As long as there isn't any real harm done, they they will sort the pecking order out and settle down, might take a while, but it should settle down.

[bryson 562]

cheers for the advice guys i will put them back together for a bit today and stand a watch them should i let her grip her kneck so they can sort this out

[ferret100 47]

As long as they aren't injuring each other, then biting the scruff is just how they sort out who's boss, it just looks and sounds (and can smell!) bad. But if blood is drawn your going to have to stick your hands in and separate them.