New ferret annoying first ferret too much?

[lolo]

I have a 7 month old female ferret named Kira, and a 5 month old male ferret named Tim who I got ~1-2 months after Kira. When we got Kira she was very dominant and super nippy, but a lot better after bite training. Because of this we were a bit concerned she would be bossing Tim around since his bites were a lot more gentle when he played. Tim LOVES playing and follows us if Kira is sleeping or Kira mostly when they are awake. She tires out or doesn’t want to play nearly as much as Tim, and is more independent and likes exploring things on her own. I feel like Tim annoys her a lot when he’s trying to play with her because he follows and pesters her and can get quite rough when he bites on her neck and I’ve seen him try to scruff and drag her a couple times. We put him in the time out box when he did this but not sure if that’s appropriate. There has never been any blood or puncture marks that I’ve seen and they’ve never broken the pee poo blood rule. She doesn’t really fight back and sometimes just rolls over and takes it, and will hiss but he doesn’t respond to this. I feel like if she really wanted to she could fight back and put him in his place but she never does this. She will go off and run to a different area or hide in the tubes but he is relentless and keeps on pestering her. Off and on she will fight back/play a little but not really for the most part. Is this normal behaviour or is this super annoying for her? She won’t squeal but once and a while will make little high pitched squeaks. I don’t understand because I feel if she really wanted to she could fight back but she doesn’t.

[unclejoe]

Hi and welcome.
I've had 30 ferrets in 14 years, sometimes 9 at once. All have been free roam except at night. Mostly it has been peaceful with a few exceptions.
My current 2 are about 3 years old. I got Bobo at a year old from his previous owner, and Lilly at 10 weeks from a pet store and both are Marshall.
When they first get out of the cage in the morning, Bobo has a lot more energy, and he's generally more playful, and once he is done playing with me and getting treats he will often "pester" Lilly who is half his size. she either gives it back or runs away, and sometimes she hisses a lot, but then, sometimes when I separate them she goes right back at him. There has never been blood or poop, so mostly i let them play. Bobo is just over 3 lb and Lilly is 1 lb 7 oz. They sleep in the same hammock 75% of the time and in the cage there are no issues. They're just playing.
If yours were actually fighting, you would know right away. There would be screeching, violent shaking and once the aggressor got hold you would have a hard time separating them. It's literally a fight to the death. You would know.
When Jaffa came to my home, he was 4+ lb and little Alice was also 1 lb 7 oz, and Jaffa picked on her mercilessly for weeks. So finally I pinned him to the floor and let Alice have at him. She war danced and hissed and barked and nipped at him, really chewed him out, and when I let him go, they became friends within an hour. They slept in the same hammock that night, where before I had to divide the levels in the cage. It was amazing.

[storm]

I've had that before with two sisters. One was more active and high strung and would often end up bugging the other when she was asleep. Like this;

rumble.com/vnhp65-twiggy-and-snowball-when-your-sister-wants-to-sleep-but-you-want-to-play.html

Usually they would sort it out or the calmer one, Snowball, would take off. Sometimes I could help sort it out by playing with and distracting her sister, Twiggy. It's always a good idea to keep a close eye on them but it doesn't sound serious as it is.

[unclejoe]

Then there was ZoeZoe and Scamp. He picked on her for close to a year, viciously, then suddenly they became friends, I don't know how or why. Sadly 3 weeks later Scamp died from complications of blockage surgery. 

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