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Post by Sherry on Mar 16, 2011 23:06:12 GMT -5
I could well be wrong- but I think his seasons could well be screwed up. Born in late Nov. means his mother was artificially brought into heat for breeding.
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Post by maddy on Mar 16, 2011 23:10:19 GMT -5
That would be really nice if that were the case, I am on my phone and my comp is in the car so ill still post pics, just tom. It's just after midnite here and I live on a couple acres on the river...so there are lots of animals around at nite. Basically I'm too scared to go to the car lol.
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Post by Sherry on Mar 16, 2011 23:41:04 GMT -5
I don't blame you!!!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2011 23:44:19 GMT -5
I think pictures would definitely help. Sometimes it's hard to explain what you see with words.  |
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Post by maddy on Mar 17, 2011 8:54:39 GMT -5
These are the best pics I have on my comp at the moment. Unfortunately, the most recent two where I'd like you to see the tail are blurry  , but I will take some more of MegaWeasel when I get home and post them. Here are some pics from about June, he has a very fat and fluffy face (and fat body). You can tell by the pic he is sooo soft.    These are early fall when he started to lose weight; Sept? I think is the 2nd one, which would make him 10 months. And one from early Dec. He also shed his fluffly soft down coat and had a lot coarser fur, but his tail was fine. (I kind of attributed the weight to actually having a playmate to wrestle with. Bc before Clovis, Beatric and Badger wouldn't play with him, then as soon as Clovis came along they were hard core wrestling all the time).   These are the most recent (about 3 weeks ago), not so great view of the tail, but I'll repost. There is nowhere that skin completely exposed, just sparse. These were taken with my phone, and resized when I sent them to photobucket thru a msg. The light is kinda blown out too.     |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2011 9:09:09 GMT -5
I think what you may be seeing is a combination of losing his baby fat and shedding his winter weight. I am no expert on this, but I wouldn't take the fur to be a sign until you can be sure that it isn't involved with the spring shed.
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Post by maddy on Mar 17, 2011 9:22:38 GMT -5
I hope so, but it has been like this for awhile, so hopefully its mixed seasons and coat changes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2011 9:29:24 GMT -5
My baby Trixie (similar to Mega) was VERY chubby for a while. Then suddenly, around 11-13 months, she started shedding weight like crazy. Slimming down and she became very trim. This happened around Oct-Nov. I was worried she was sick, because she was supposed to be putting on winter weight. I attributed the weight loss to losing her baby fat and switching to raw.
Mega is just now becoming an adult and is probably going through some funky changes. I would give him a bit of time and see what he does. If he starts losing weight quickly (or doesn't stop losing weight), take him to the vet. But I wouldn't jump to conclusions based on his weight and coat.
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Post by maddy on Mar 17, 2011 9:39:07 GMT -5
Well the fact that he turned into a molestor is what got me worried... but idk if it's just 'spring fever' or I am mistaken his molesting for just playing rough as usual.
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 17, 2011 9:50:03 GMT -5
that doesn't look like an adrenal ferret to me. looks like he may be blowing his coat. he's becoming a man. i wouldn't jump the gun with him just yet.
there are a few times in a ferret's life when they really REALLY shed like crazy. and when this happens, they look awful. usually happens when they are under 3 yrs.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2011 9:59:15 GMT -5
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Post by taratee on Mar 17, 2011 11:41:54 GMT -5
i feel like since we know the signs and want to catch it as soon as we can we tend to be a bit paranoid... i know i am with my guys its like ohhh you jumped on her and grabbed her neck and didnt want to let go and then i grumble a bit, and i calm down and give my self a thousand reasons why he would do it. when all the other reasons stack up against adrenal i feel better
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2011 12:56:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I am paranoid, too. But aren't all ferrents? |
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Post by taratee on Mar 17, 2011 13:08:15 GMT -5
jackie no some dont even take their guys to the doctor lol
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2011 13:12:37 GMT -5
Edit: But aren't all responsible ferrents  |
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, but I will take some more of MegaWeasel when I get home and post them.
That made my laugh, not too sure why 