Message Number: YG9593 | New FHL Archives Search
From: ozpopples
Date: 2001-12-28 17:20:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Biting ferret

I am a new ferret owner. Avery is 2 months old and full of energy. My
problem is that he bites, a lot! Sometimes it's just playful nipping,
but more often he's breaking the skin.

ooooOOoooo

When we got our first ferret, she was exactly the same and nothing we
did worked. We went back to the breeder for advice as we were
desperate. Like you, time out would have meant Maddie would be in
her cage all the time as she never stopped biting no matter what we
did. The breeder "loaned" us another ferret to see if a playmate
would settle her down - which of course it did almost immediately.
Within 3 days she was a different ferret. By then we had fallen in
love with our "ferret on loan" and purchased him also.

Regards
Ozpopples