Post by furbabies on May 29, 2011 23:30:53 GMT -5
I have 3 ferrets the one in question is female and I've had her since Feb. 2010
My concern is that she's NO bigger than the day we brought her home! She's a year and almost a half now and I swear she's no bigger than a 10 week old!
It really didn't occur to me that she was quite petite until I purchased my newest ferret - Jake - at 8 weeks old and she was just a *tad* bit bigger than him, now my newest one seems to be almost twice her size and he's less than 3 months old
My other female - Chelsea - came from the same litter as Charlie and she's 3 times her size! She's eating, drinking, playing - no outward signs that she may be *sick* and I don't believe her to be but when I look at her size compared to my other 2 it makes me wonder ...
Is it *normal* for her to not have gained nor grew any after more than a year of having her with us?
Her personality, demeanor all fine - its just her size that has me concerned a bit, if not for the fact that she's been eating me out of house and home, drinking water like theres a shortage and using me for a *jungle gym* when she's out I would've taken her in months ago - but now we have Jake and I know males tend to be bigger but my gosh we've had him a little over a month and he's twice her size and was born March 3rd!
My concern is that she's NO bigger than the day we brought her home! She's a year and almost a half now and I swear she's no bigger than a 10 week old!
It really didn't occur to me that she was quite petite until I purchased my newest ferret - Jake - at 8 weeks old and she was just a *tad* bit bigger than him, now my newest one seems to be almost twice her size and he's less than 3 months old
My other female - Chelsea - came from the same litter as Charlie and she's 3 times her size! She's eating, drinking, playing - no outward signs that she may be *sick* and I don't believe her to be but when I look at her size compared to my other 2 it makes me wonder ...
Is it *normal* for her to not have gained nor grew any after more than a year of having her with us?
Her personality, demeanor all fine - its just her size that has me concerned a bit, if not for the fact that she's been eating me out of house and home, drinking water like theres a shortage and using me for a *jungle gym* when she's out I would've taken her in months ago - but now we have Jake and I know males tend to be bigger but my gosh we've had him a little over a month and he's twice her size and was born March 3rd!
