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Post by Heather on Apr 6, 2012 11:20:42 GMT -5
I agree. Now, here's the conundrum.....over here we keep ferrets in our homes. In the UK they don't or don't very often. So therein lies part of our problem. Trying to find a way to keep our ferrets inside but still allow them to mature naturally without interference from harsh surgeries and to spend the required length of time to mature within the family group. I don't even want to think how traumatic a life our wee ones lead until they find themselves in our homes. It's not a wonder so many of them have "issues" and why we should possibly surprised that so many of them do turn into sweet loving companions. I believe most breeders hand out as part of their agreement, alter specifications with often the request to allow for the first season in hobs or the first year. With jills, I would guess the first year or season as many jills would probably season around 9 months or so and require a jill jab. ciao
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Post by crazylady on Apr 6, 2012 11:59:31 GMT -5
HI my female kits from back year are back with there mums ( she had a 3 month break from them once they hit 16 weeks ) all of the females have had there first season being brought out by the vas hob (mom also teaches them the art of nest building during there phantoms ) non of my breeder females are bred until they reach the age of two and I have watched how they cope with a couple of phantoms the poley male kits from last year all live alone but the albino boys all live together ! even though they are all whole only two of them are practicing ahummm the art of love making lol but there is no broken skin or going over board so no need to seperate I only use jill jabs on females over the age of 9 (after all grandmas of that age are not into young studs chasing them around lol)all of my other girls are brought out by vas hobs if I was to fix a ferret I would like them to have one season so the body could settle into the natural cycle (they would have to over winter so I was sure the body knew when to turn on hormones and when to turn them off ) take care bye for now Bev
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Post by joan on Apr 6, 2012 12:00:51 GMT -5
I believe most breeders hand out as part of their agreement, alter specifications with often the request to allow for the first season in hobs or the first year. With jills, I would guess the first year or season as many jills would probably season around 9 months or so and require a jill jab. ciao Unless the private breeders have changed their altering requirements recently, most of them require that the kit be altered at 6-9 months of age, before they would normally come into rut/heat. Since there is one last hormonal surge just before sexual maturity, that leaves them as susceptible to developing adrenal disease as are the early neuters which were done at 4-5 weeks old.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2012 12:20:17 GMT -5
Have any of the breeders here used deslorelin as a chemical castration for females and/or males?
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Post by joan on Apr 6, 2012 12:39:16 GMT -5
I believe Nancy has used it, at least on hobs which were sold as pets. I haven't, and don't intend to, until the long term effects are better known and understood.
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Post by lorelei0922 on Apr 6, 2012 17:20:49 GMT -5
i haven't used it yet for the same reason as Joan.. just not sure on the long term effects or effects of fertility and or on the kits after its use... will wait for a bit more info before making this choice for my groups!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2012 17:53:11 GMT -5
Have any of the breeders here used deslorelin as a chemical castration for females and/or males? Nancy has a board for this topic where she details her experience so far with using des this way: ferretdes.proboards.com
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Post by Heather on Apr 6, 2012 23:05:39 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that Mikey, I'd lost this link. Is there a way to place this link somewhere, where we can find this either in the breeder's board or the health link...maybe the health link would be best ciao
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2012 23:28:53 GMT -5
I created a thread in the Health section and stickied it.
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Post by Sherry on Apr 7, 2012 10:13:37 GMT -5
Thanks Jackie
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Post by nanjferret on Apr 8, 2012 11:29:17 GMT -5
On a side note, I had one jill that would actually grab and drag her kits into the litter box then wait next to them until they went potty. I wish every jill was like that! It was pretty amusing to watch. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2012 12:18:36 GMT -5
Haha, momma didn't want poop in her sleepy spots ;D
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Post by joan on Apr 8, 2012 16:32:44 GMT -5
On a side note, I had one jill that would actually grab and drag her kits into the litter box then wait next to them until they went potty. I wish every jill was like that! It was pretty amusing to watch. ;D Cybill's the only jill I've had who didn't drag her kits into the litter box when they needed to potty...I loved it as they were 100% reliable about using the litter box by 5-5 1/2 weeks old. Most of Cybill's kits were at least 6 weeks old before they always made it into the litter box. The funniest mother was Charm a few years ago...she got so frustrated with them when they were about 4 weeks old and just starting to walk well, but not able to make it to the litter box in time, that I found all 5 kits in the litter box along with the dirty newspaper they'd used.
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Post by Heather on Apr 8, 2012 17:24:18 GMT -5
;D ;D and to think it's the little girlies (farm ferret) that are the hardest to teach to use a box ciao
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2012 20:55:15 GMT -5
Can a mod possibly edit the post title to "weeks" instead of "weels"? My phone won't let me.
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