Some jills are extremely tolerant mothers, while others will not accept another Jill in the same cage during the birth process. It would be best to separate them into separate cages about seven to ten days before the litter is due. This will give her time to nest, to feel comfortable and secure.
After birth, depending on the Jill's individual personality, once the kits are eating solids and self-sufficient, you may be able to mix families. But there maybe some jills that will not be able to tolerate each other; these must be kept separately.
You can keep pregnant ferrets together up until a week prior to birth. Most pregnant ferrets need to be in solitude a week prior to birth for preparation of her nest in a dark quiet secure area.
During her pregnancy the male ferret can stay with the female if she will allow him and he is no longer in season. He will need to be caged separately or moved to another area a least ten days before the impending birth to allow the mother to settle and prepare her nest. About three weeks after the kits are born, it should may be okay to let him in the same cage, as long as he not in season. A male ferret in season will try to breed with any female he encounters. Each ferret is different, and it's owner should be able to make decisions based upon each individual personalities.
You can keep male ferrets together as long as they are altered. Whole or unaltered male ferrets cannot be kept together during breeding season.
. I completely agree with "Huh?" about ferrets originally being solitary animals - I've read this in several places, but some people seem to think that because there's a term for a group of ferrets, that they are and always have been group animals. Ferrets are basically domesticated polecats and wild polecats are solitary animals. Nowadays, most ferrets are social and prefer the company of another fuzzy or two, but every once in awhile there will be one that reverts back to normal adult polecat behavior and will prefer to be alone. If you can afford multiple ferrets, go for it; if you can only afford or only want one, then it can still live a happy life. Just remember, with one ferret YOU will be its only companion and source of entertainment. Ferrets require a good bit of time and interaction from their owners to begin with, but lone ferrets will require a lot more. If you get a single ferret, stick it in a cage for the majority of the day and ignore it for the most part it can either 1. become aggressive and nasty towards humans or 2. get depressed and basically do nothing more than lay around all day (a boring life for him and a boring pet for you). A lone ferret should be getting *at least* 4 hours of interaction from it's human.
2. & 3. As long as all ferrets are neutered/spayed, they can all live happily together. I have three males and one female (did have two females until recently and all ferrets are neutered/spayed) and they all live together and get along great. Again, they're all different, so you might come across one every now and then that doesn't get along with other ferrets or even one that prefers only the company of a certain ferret or group of ferrets, but for the most part they are social and will get along just fine. If you get two together at the same place, then chances are they'll get along fine throughout life. If you get one now and a second later, take the first one along to pick out his new buddy (this will also make the first introduction at your house go smoother as they've already met on neutral territory and road home together).
Yes. Male ferrets usually get along. However during rut / mating season they may fight to show dominance. If the ferrets are neutered then this shouldn't be an issue.
why not? unless they harm one another than no
A male ferret in heat will approach any female he encounters. The male ferret can be around the babies if he is no longer in season.
you have to have a male and a female
Yes as long as their both altered.
Male and female ferrets tend to cost the same.
Male intact ferrets are called hobs; female intact ferrets are jills. A spayed female is a sprite, a neutered male is a gib, and a vasectomised male is known as a hoblet. Ferrets under one year old are known as kits. A group of ferrets is known as abusiness. Male Ferret* Gib - a neutered male ferret. * Hob - a male ferret that is unneutered (another term - Dog)* Hoblet - A vasectomized ferret * Hobble - a castrated male ferret Female Ferret* Jill - a female ferret that is unspayed* Dam - mother of a litter* Sprite - a spayed female Baby Ferret (under the age of 1) - Kit (in Germany - pups) Carpet shark - slang term for ferret Translations* Fret - Dutch for ferret * Frettchen - German for ferret * Fretti - Finnish for ferret * Furet - French for ferret * Furetti or Furetto - Italian for ferret * Hurón - Spanish for ferret * Xopek or Domashni Horek- Russian for ferret* フェレット - Japanese In translation to that, it is hueretsuto.* Tam-iller - Swedish for ferret* Fretek - Czech for ferretScientific name for the domestic ferret is Mustela putorius furo. Scientific name for black-footed ferrets is Mustela nigripes
Black footed ferrets are solitary animals and do not convene in groups. But a group of ferrets as in "domestic ferrets" is called a "business"
The plural for ferret is ferrets but a group of ferrets is called a "business" of ferrets.
....when a mummy ferret and a daddy ferret love each other very much... He is trying to mate with the female ferret.
The female ferret or Jill has eight nipples A ferret has 8 teats.
Yes. A female ferret can have any fur color that a male can have.
Some male ferrets tend to be more laid back than females. But being reckless is a trait that's in most ferrets. from another contributor: In my experiences, all ferrets have different personalities! I had a female, and she would dive head first into the pool, and swim underwater, and had a male ferret that just swam on the surface. Each ferret is different, embrace each and every one of their traits!
No. The sperm from the male ferret is required to fertilise the egg / eggs of the female ferret
I dont recommend breeding ferrets on your own, when it comes to breeding a female ferret can die if they go into heat and do not find a mate soon enough. Where as of male ferrets can get sick from being in heat. They get swollen glands which can lead to lemphonomia
An unaltered male might harm his young. The mother ferret is responsible for raising her babies alone.
== == A full male or unneutered ferret is a hob A vasectomized male ferret is a hoblet A castrated or neutered male ferret is called a Hobble or GibGib may refer to: A castrated male cat or ferret according to Wikipedia A baby or young ferret is a kit