From:
"Nanny"
Date: 2007-12-01 18:47:48 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] aggressive ferret, prozac dosage?
To: <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
Jimmy's from a private breeder here in Holland, and certainly not a hybrid.
For the rest he's like you describe. I'm glad he's nice to the other
ferrets, cause when he bites me he bites to kill, only lets go for a
millisecond to get a better grip and then goes on trying to crush my bones.
Most of the time he then lands in the cats' water dish or in the water in
the sink, as the only way to make him let go is lots of water in his face.
He's very large, and scruffing is almost impossible, and like you say he can
turn around when scruffed. I can kiss and cuddle him, as long as I'm very
careful about how I hold him and stay alert constantly to any movement he
makes.
Nanny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerri Himberger" <canineconnections@yahoo.com>
To: <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>; <sprite@ksu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 4:27 PM
> I'm interested to know where some of these ferrets are coming from- we are
> seeing alot of biting issues with one farm in particular. I know that Troy
> Lynn is dealing with ferrets that are not true "domestics" but polecat
> hybrids, which puts them in a totally different class of biting- these
> ferrets look at a clicker and giggle, then lunge for your throat:-) I'm
> only partially kidding- they don't care about training much- they are
> biters in the absolute sense of the word- they sink teeth in as often and
> as deep as they can, wherever they can- they don't scruff well-they can
> turn back in an instant, no matter how well you think you have them, and
> they are generally on the warpath for other ferrets that for some reason
> they have decided to hate- nothing much deters them from this goal. This
> is the reason for the use of meds with two of them- everthing else HAS
> been tried- they laugh in her face and ask her what else she has to offer
> for their viewing pleasure. Gerri
>
> Nanny <fuzzmom@fuzzmom.nl> wrote: I've started with the clicker
> too on Jimmy-the-Biter since last week, but I
> don't want to give him too many treats, so he still has no idea yet that
> the
> clicker means a treat. The grabbing him on the fly by etc. I've done since
> I
> got him (at 8 weeks), to show him that I'm still the one who decides what
> happens.....
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> Nanny
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