Ferret Vasectomy

[Chevy Chase 44]

Hi just wondered if anyone had a hob vasectomised lately and could give a rough idea of costs? Is it a procedure any vet practice will carry out or are you best of going to somewhere that specialises in this sort of thing?

I intend to breed my hob and jill when she comes season, to keep a Jill for myself and I’d have homes for any spare. Then I think I’d like to have him done and let them have run of a court together all year round.

 

Just to add, if anyone has had one done or knew of a vets they’d recommend for doing it in the north east please let me know. 
 

Many Thanks CC

[Daniel cain 42,891]

I got charged £160 at my vets(Im in Wales) 3 seasons ago....was the first one they had ever done....my hob was a bit of a celebrity there after, don't think they see many

A member on here had his 2 done same place  on my recommendation...Think he payed £200 each could of been less..all 3 hobs are doing the job, knocking jills out no problem

[Chevy Chase 44]

4 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

I got charged £160 at my vets(Im in Wales) 3 seasons ago....was the first one they had ever done....my hob was a bit of a celebrity there after, don't think they see many

A member on here had his 2 done same place  on my recommendation...Think he payed £200 each could of been less..all 3 hobs are doing the job, knocking jills out no problem

Cheers mate I’ll give the local vet a ring and see what they say 

[terryd 8,045]

I will leave this here 

 

Apologies for the delay in replying, the estimate for a vasectomy of a ferret is £660. 

 

so spotless hutch it is then

[Big rowie 171]

Think mine was 120 here in falkirk. 

But vet didn't do him right and had to get him done again. Went to same vets and got a vet from farming back ground and new about ferrets still gotta try him out tho. If he still gets them up duff not spending anymore on him 

[Chevy Chase 44]

1 hour ago, terryd said:

I will leave this here 

 

Apologies for the delay in replying, the estimate for a vasectomy of a ferret is £660. 

 

so spotless hutch it is then

That’s unreal! Is that your regular vet?

[Chevy Chase 44]

23 minutes ago, Big rowie said:

Think mine was 120 here in falkirk. 

But vet didn't do him right and had to get him done again. Went to same vets and got a vet from farming back ground and new about ferrets still gotta try him out tho. If he still gets them up duff not spending anymore on him 

Hope it’s worked for you the second time. Did you end up with a litter after the first? 

[Big rowie 171]

6 minutes ago, Chevy Chase said:

Hope it’s worked for you the second time. Did you end up with a litter after the first? 

Hope so to he's a big hob and I'm looking to breed smaller ferrets for rat holes. 

The fist jill I had him with never took but put with rest cause I thought it had worked for him ended up with 4 litters from the bugger. 

There's a thing called the jill service on Facebook the wife found and folk up down country pimp out the vasectomy hob each time way they get money back and means you don't have a big cost. 

If it doesn't work out and he still gets them up duff then I'll just do that. Can't stomach spending more money on 1 ferret 

[Chevy Chase 44]

10 minutes ago, Big rowie said:

Hope so to he's a big hob and I'm looking to breed smaller ferrets for rat holes. 

The fist jill I had him with never took but put with rest cause I thought it had worked for him ended up with 4 litters from the bugger. 

There's a thing called the jill service on Facebook the wife found and folk up down country pimp out the vasectomy hob each time way they get money back and means you don't have a big cost. 

If it doesn't work out and he still gets them up duff then I'll just do that. Can't stomach spending more money on 1 ferret 

Don’t blame you mate I’d be the same, I bet you were gutted after thinking it had worked with that first Jill! 

[hambone 948]

I had 2 done in the same place as DC. Was told to wait six weeks before putting them in with jills to make sure all the sperm was infertile. One hob went in with two jills after the six weeks and one of the jills caught resulting in five kits, the other jill just came out of season. If your thinking of getting a hob done I'd do it as soon as you can to give the hob time to "leak" before he needs to go in with a jill. The other hob brought the jill he was in with out of season no problem.

[Big rowie 171]

11 minutes ago, Chevy Chase said:

Don’t blame you mate I’d be the same, I bet you were gutted after thinking it had worked with that first Jill! 

To bloody right I was not chuffed. Payed good money for bugger all. 

Then all the kits to go with. 

All up duff at same time only had hob and 1 jill to work for a while 

[Big rowie 171]

3 minutes ago, hambone said:

I had 2 done in the same place as DC. Was told to wait six weeks before putting them in with jills to make sure all the sperm was infertile. One hob went in with two jills after the six weeks and one of the jills caught resulting in five kits, the other jill just came out of season. If your thinking of getting a hob done I'd do it as soon as you can to give the hob time to "leak" before he needs to go in with a jill. The other hob brought the jill he was in with out of season no problem.

Yea I was told that too wait 6 week. I waited till next again season. Got him done couple month ago now so be right this season. Well I hope anyway 

[terryd 8,045]

53 minutes ago, Chevy Chase said:

That’s unreal! Is that your regular vet?

Was ! Ffs lol 

[Luckee legs 422]

I've had two vasectomized by the vet practice I've used for our ferrets in 15 years since we moved to Cambridgeshire. If I remember correctly about 120 pounds in 2011 and definitely 200 in may 23

Anyone in easy distance of Essex ferret welfare can take jills there for a reasonable fee. The vet they use is doing several ferret vasectomies a year and i understand is still only charging about 100 pounds so next time I'll go there. 

[Luckee legs 422]

7 minutes ago, Luckee legs said:

I've had two vasectomized by the vet practice I've used for our ferrets in 15 years since we moved to Cambridgeshire. If I remember correctly about 120 pounds in 2011 and definitely 200 in may 23

Anyone in easy distance of Essex ferret welfare can take jills there for a reasonable fee. The vet they use is doing several ferret vasectomies a year and i understand is still only charging about 100 pounds so next time I'll go there. 

Btw these are independent vet practices, very different pricing on anything non standard compared to the big corporations