First Ferret "Baby" Experience

[kristinb]

Ok they weren't babies, but as some of you might know, I live in a small town that has two privately owned petshops, neither of which normally carry ferrets.

Well I was at work today and my best friend told me that she saw two ferrets at the one petstore. I have decided to not get another ferret at this time, but was very interested to see the ferrets that they had. So in we went to check them out. Well, they were SO cute. I've never seen 8-10 week old ferrets in person before and they are adorable There was what I think would be a sable (he looked a bit chocolately in colour but I think he would maybe darken as he aged?) and there was another one who was marked alot like Jinx.

So I asked if they were boys or girls, and if I could see them. The guy said they were boys and he wasn't sure if i should hold them because they were nippy. I said no problem I own a ferret (pfft...practically an expert, had her for 3 WHOLE months ), I assumed since they were little that they might be nippy anyways.

Well....apparently what my newbie self thought was meat by young ferrets "nipping" was really quite off lol because when this boy GOT me on the hand, my goodness! I just scruffed him until he yanwed and let go but holy h*ll haha I will never again call what Jinx does sometimes while we are playing nipping because this boy nearly took a chunk outta my hand. So I supported his bum and kept him scruffed while I checked him out and was much more careful about where his brother's mouth was located lol

So yeah, that was my first baby experience. Was certainly eye opening lol I really apparently misjudged just how hard babies bite when they are umm "playing", unless of course he was not used to being handled and we were freaking him out not sure, but he didn't seem overly distressed by the handling. Regardless, they were both SOOOO cute, I can't imagine how cute they would have been like 2 weeks when they were even smaller

[Heather]

me too...I'd forgotten how sharp those little baby teeth are and have several puncture wounds to show for it ;D ;D ...but....I got to hold baby ferts (a pair of RC's, nasty little sods ;D)
Did you enjoy your dose of baby fuzz? I know I did. I'm going to have to work with this pair or they're going to either not sell or they're going to be here in my house in a year or so They are so adorable but oh, their jaws are strong. I've been helping this pet store with their marshals brats but they don't bite near as hard even full grown as these little RC brats. The one little boy, when I picked him up...he just screamed at me and then sunk his little sharp teeth into my knuckle (brat it hurt ) adjusted his fangs and bit me again ;D and then proceeded to swear at me in fertish. All I could do is laugh at him. The store manager was horrified (asked me if I needed a bandaid or two didn't bother me, I got to snuggle baby ferts ;D ;D) but what is worse, is that the brats have only been there for 24 hrs and already all the staff are terrified of them. They've got to be handled, a lot and they can't be sold to just anyone. The manager knows this but is positive that the owner won't care So, I've got to convince two baby fuzzes that human hands aren't to be attacked and dragged around like each other.
ciao

[kristinb]

Haha the guy working wasn't sure where these two were from but I checked the one boys ears when I had him scruffed and they were RC boys too. I assumed as much but checked anyways. But yeah, Jinx has never done anything even close to that to me lol, she's such a good girl Not sure how long I could put up with something taking a chunk out of me everytime I touched it. What did the two you seen look like?

[Deleted]

Oh yes, baby ferrets My weakness

My newest addition Dixie is quite nippy - I never dealt with nippiness with Pixie or Trixie. So it was very suprising when she bit my ankle and drew blood! But she's getting better, and she's learning that hands and feet are not play things

Glad you enjoyed seeing the babies - they are so precious

[Heather]

A little sable with white toes and a lightning strike on his belly and another little boy that looked very similar to your little girl (he was the brat that sunk his teeth into my knuckle so badly and chewed me out for interrupting the play with his bro ;D )
ciao

[kristinb]

Haha the little one who took a piece of my hand with him was the chocolately sable looking one and the one that looked like Jinx was a bit calmer. i'll stress...a bit. haha

[miamiferret2]

When Sonny was a kit he would lung at your face and bite your nose. LOL.

[Sherry]

Gotta love those kits ;D It's such a nice change that the ones the pet store seem to be getting lately have been well handled ahead of time, and aren't nippy at all! At least the ones I've been handling aren't
Previously, they'd had some REALLY bitey ones. I was handling one little dark sable girl, she grabbed my finger- HARD! So I gently pushed it back into her mouth to make her let go. She looked at me, set her teeth, and started sawing her jaws back and forth while hissing and staring at me the whole time ;D I finally had to have someone else hold onto her so I could use the pressure points at the back of her jaws to make her let go Stubborn little thing! Met her again a few months later at one of the FRES functions- she was the sweetest little thing by then

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I guess I must be really lucky, all SoCo did was lick me lol. The other ferts I checked out before him (two in a pet shop up by my job and the other two that were with SoCo at petco, all between 8-11 weeks, SoCo was 11 weeks) never bit me either, there were slight nibbles here and there but nothing painful. To this day, SoCo hasnt bitten/nipped me hard enough to inflict pain, usually he just opens his mouth and puts it over my hand or w/e he is 'biting' and shakes his head with out actually closing his mouth. It is adorable.