From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-04-04 21:36:50 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: My ferrets are fighting..help!
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
No blood, no foul in the setting of normal hierarchies.
Help the older one feel secure by giving that one EXTRA attention (as you would for an
older child facing a new baby in the family) and that will also help the baby know sooner
that the older one is dominant which will calm things down nicely.
There are a range of tricks, too, like wearing both of them out and then letting them
sleep together on your lap, or exchanging their bedding, rewarding cooperative play, etc.
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "KRISTI" <kristaron@...> wrote:
>
> I just got a new baby ferret yesterday he is about 8 weeks old, our
> Sidney is about 6 months old, we thought that it would be nice to get
> him a playmate but he is agressive with the kit. he jumps on him and
> drags him by the neck. Is there anything we can do to stop this?
> Sometimes it looks like the baby(Sir Handel) is playing but more often
> that not he is just scared! We would hate to havet o find thae baby a
> new home as we have grown attached already but we dont want the little
> guy unhappy! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>
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