From:
Vicki Montgomery
Date: 2008-01-19 07:02:16 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: so many ferrets
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
That's not enough info - just that you had 2 who did not want to be near others. Were these two always with other ferrets since birth or at least not away from them from more than a year or so? Were they bought as kits and kept as singles, with occassional or frequent visits with other ferrets, were they kept as singles and not allowed around other ferrets - did they have dogs, cats, bunnies as companions?
I have found that ferrets who have been kept away from other ferrets for 2 or more years are the ones who have problems with having other ferret's in close proximity. If you assume an 11:1 ratio of years that would be like a human not being around other humans approximately 22 years... even humans who have been secluded from other humans, assuming the wild children stories are true, do not like - fear or hate - other humans.
Becky at Shady Pines <director@shadypinesferretsanctuary.info> wrote:
Well sure, they're all individuals. I hiss and squeal and bite most people
who come near me too.
On Jan 18, 2008 3:16 PM, Sukie Crandall <sukie@mac.com> wrote:
> BTW, in our quarter century plus with ferrets we have twice
> had ferrets who distinctly preferred being away from other
> ferrets -- markedly so -- and they thrived that way. They
> had their own separate places and times. Some ferrets ARE
> like that and do well. In fact, our oldest lived was one of them.
> Hey, it happens... Many things do in life.
> WS from "Hamlet":
> "There are more things under heaven and earth Horatio, than
> are dreamt of in your philosophy"
>
>
>
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