From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2003-11-25 15:37:46 UTC
Subject: Aggressive deaf ferret and newbies
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1534209.1069782979351.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Remember, too, that emergency GI surgery may be needed. We've been through 5 of those (one who liked to eat in bed all time with a fiber blockage from fake fleece and fake fur, and the others were all in one male who had a deformed stomach with poor motility so he blocked a lot with things that a normal ferret could handle normally and he finally could not be handled surgically any longer so his stomach was what took him). We found the stomach surgeries to remove blockages be trickier than the usual surgeries and to need more post-op care, but things worked out very right when they were done,
We haven't personally had one have an intestinal surgery for a blockage so can't speak to that experience.
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com,
ferret-list@cunyvm.cuny.edu
From: Amy Robbin <arobbin@schange.com>
Message-ID: <OF61B9DBF2.0F6BD9BA-ON85256DE9.00553CFF-85256DE9.0055B3A7@schange.com>
I've never had a problem integrating new ferrets, but I have two ferrets
from hell. Any new ferret that enters the household is marked for death.
I've tried cage switching, letting them spend time with a barrier between,
holding them both at the same time. Once the devil child(ren) are on the
ground they will even leap on me to attack the newbie. I've tried
scruffing, hissing, scruffing with my teeth, bitter apple, ferretone,
bathing them all so they even smell alike. Nothing deters the death hunt.
The most disturbing part is they run around dooking like I just gave them
a live toy. At one point both ferrets jumped on the poor newbie I thought
they were going to tear him apart. I have room to have separate them, but
it concerns me that these guys are so aggressive and will not accept new
ferrets. My little girl Tequila I've had about two years and they still
want to tear her apart!
One ferret is deaf and his cagemate is not, they are 3 years old and from
a breeder. To handle them. they are loves but they have no sense of
submission whatsoever.
Amy Robbin
Manager, Human Resources
SeaChange International, Inc.
Phone: (978) 897-0100