Message Number: SG10391 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "Cheryl S."
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:38:27 -0400
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: New Baby
Message-Id: <200409011438.27408.galewolf@nycap.rr.com>
Mika (baby) does go back but it still bothers me a LOT to see them (mainly my
female Trinity) grab her by the throat. Trinity has also shaken her a couple
of times like animals do with their kill. I have never seen them shake each
other like this.
I am just going to continue on the way I am now. Mika is going to sleep by
herself for a while until I am more comfortable with the idea of them
together. I will let them interact only when I can watch them like a hawk. At
one point last night it got harder to separate them as Trinity just wouldn't
stop and seemed to get more rough with Mika. Even my husband said he thinks
that the little one would be dead if we put her in the cage with them.
Trinity is most definitely not adrenal either. VERY healthy young lady just a
bit more aggressive than the average ferret - I attribute this to the fact
that she is deaf. She NEVER has treated Tajin (my current male) like this and
she did not act like this towards the last ferret we added in.
On Wednesday 01 September 2004 08:12 am, wheesht53@yahoo.com wrote:
> If the little girl goes back for more, then they're playing, if she's
> trying to get away from the other two, she's not having any fun! The only
> time I witnessed this with my guys, was a ferret I had with adrenal gland
> disease and he always beat up the other ferrets. Other than that, he never
> showed any aggression towards humans, I've read aggression toward other
> ferrets is very common in adrenal ferrets.
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