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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 8:29:48 GMT -5
Uhg my new guy Wheatley just destroyed a soft cat bed we had for the ferrets to sleep in. He's not a chewer per say, he's a bite and fling-er. He bites the bed or other stuffed object, and then violently shakes it as if he was killing prey, and in the process manages to tear holes in it. I was worried at first he would do this with another ferret while playing, but he only seems to do it to toys, thankfully.
Oh well, if it makes him happy....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 14:57:15 GMT -5
Interesting how differently different countries do things. I have seven that all live together very happily.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 15:16:40 GMT -5
Boot will still chew certain things, he likes to chew one blanket on my bed that makes a weird squeaking noise when he chomps it (I take it away) and he had a hammock made of some kind of cloth that was like fake suede that he went nuts over chewing. Took that away too. Aside from those items, the meat seems to keep him happy  |
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Post by Heather on Aug 30, 2012 22:43:26 GMT -5
One thing to consider about putting ferrets together...and I can't vouch for Chaimel but you have to remember it's a lot easier to integrate early alters than late alters and intacts. I used to have a business where 14 ferrets lived quite happily. The ages were Napoleon about 4 months to Mad Max who was about 7 yrs at the time. All were PVs and RCs....things started to fall apart when I added some older marshals. The Marshals could not keep up with the bigger rougher PVs and RCs. I'm not saying that they cannot, don't get me wrong, it just didn't work as well and there was much more problems. Now that I have intact ferrets, my farm ferrets cannot keep up. Even though Minion is the same age as my UK crew, because he's blind he can't keep up and finds them too stressful. So, we have multiple play times. Integration isn't always easy and sometimes impossible.
ciao
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2012 16:16:06 GMT -5
I have 2 ferrets that bote live alone and play whit me.
Can you plaese tell me what Pv's and RC's are?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2012 16:17:54 GMT -5
Marshall's, PV (Path Valley) and RC (Real Canadian?) are the three major sources of pet ferrets in the USA/Canada, they're pretty much mills.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2012 16:24:57 GMT -5
Thanks  I was thinking it must by something like that, but I was second guessing. It has maybe a lot to do whit the different ways are ferrets are Brod up. I forgot your ferrets where neutered at a very Yong age. |
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Post by Sherry on Aug 31, 2012 19:42:02 GMT -5
The three mills are known for different types of ferrets. Marshall's are known as good "beginner" ferrets for the most part. They breed for docility and on average smaller size.
Path Valley ferrets tend to be larger, much bitier, and harder to train as they can be stubborn.
Real Canadian ferrets tend to be major spazz outs as kits, tons of energy, bitey, stubborn. They can also be real "revenge" biters over discipline. Scruff them and they yawn, put them down and they lunge to bite the first bit of skin they can find ;D
Again- these are generalizations only. There are exceptions in every class.
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Post by darlene on Sept 1, 2012 1:55:09 GMT -5
Real Canadian ferrets tend to be major spazz outs as kits, tons of energy, bitey, stubborn. They can also be real "revenge" biters over discipline. Scruff them and they yawn, put them down and they lunge to bite the first bit of skin they can find ;D Hey you just described my sweet Jayla  (Even though she's a Hagen,same thing as a RC) |
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Post by Sherry on Sept 1, 2012 9:52:50 GMT -5
Same breeding stock- so yeah ;D We've got 3. Lucrezia was just like this as a kit. As was Suki. They do tend to calm as they get older and become more loving toward people.
Mr. Frodo is one of those exceptions I was talking about. Although he hits the "stubborn" aspect to a tee!
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