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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2012 14:39:13 GMT -5
I forgot to post this earlier, but a week or so ago I was keeping my nephew's ferrets while he was out of town, and I noticed his male Rosco CONSTANTLY badgers his female Stella. Here is a video showing what he does:
Does this look like mounting behavior that could be caused by early adrenal, or just Rosco being playful, aggressive, or dominant?
Your thoughts??
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Post by Heather on Apr 29, 2012 14:59:43 GMT -5
I'm going to say playing or dominating. He's not grabbing the base of her neck and covering her the way I've seen of the few ferrets that exhibit this type of behaviour in adrenal. It appears that he's trying to get her to play. I've watched Fun-Go and Captain Jack and they get whomever they want by the scruff and hold them in place, then mount and cover. I will bow to the more knowledgeable on this one but I think he's playing. He had a number of opportunities to grab her scruff and hold her still be didn't. In fact he reaches under her head to roll and flip her. I think because he's that much bigger than she is, that it's just an easy position to get her to submit so he can gator roll her
ciao
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2012 15:30:05 GMT -5
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Post by Sherry on Apr 29, 2012 17:41:08 GMT -5
I agree with Heather. That combined with the fact that he didn't assume the same posture immediately again when she flipped him off.
Also, go to the link Jackie posted. There's a vid of Sinnead further down in that thread.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2012 7:30:01 GMT -5
I'd say playing/dominance as well. My two like to do that to each other and they're both female  |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2012 8:21:18 GMT -5
While this is not classic mounting behavior, I would be highly suspicious of adrenal-driven aggression unless there has been a squabble over a toy, etc.
I will say that I have seen inexperienced hobs not quite know what to do.....and I have seen sprites exhibit "classic mounting behavior" with other females. If this type of behavior persists, I would be very suspicious of adrenal activity.
I do tend to be paranoid about adrenal levels. I feel that quite a bit of dominance behavior may be adrenal driven. I have tested my ferrets for much less aggressive behavior than that, and they have been found to "test positive" for adrenal disease. One thing to remember is that the elevated levels of hormone will most likely be present intermittently (high in Spring, etc.), and perhaps all the time, prior to permanent adrenal damage. As such, I do not think of altered ferrets as "having" or "NOT having" adrenal disease. All altered ferrets have abnormal adrenal activity unless something is done to prevent it.
-jennifer
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