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There are several possible causes. The only person who can tell you for sure is a vet. Please take you ferret to a vet as soon as possible as a swollen vulva can be the sign of serious problems. I have put some possible causes below
The ferret is in heat - The female ferret has come into heat. She will need to be bred or given a special vaccination to bring her back out of heat. A female ferret will not come out of heat by herself and remaining in heat is very dangerous. Staying in heat can cause her to develop aplastic anaemia which can be fatal.
A partial spay - If the female was spayed at a very young age she may have what is called an incomplete or partial spay. This is rare but can occur when a female is spayed before she is fully grown.
Adrenal disease - If your ferret is also starting to lose fur (beginning at her tail and spreading towards her body) it is a sign that she may have adrenal disease. She will need medical treatment as soon as possible.
All of the above require immediate medical attention.
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∙ 13y agoIf your female ferret is altered, an enlarged vulva could mean adrenal disease or incomplete spay. You need take her to a veterinarian for a checkup.
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When a ferrets vulva gets bigger does that mean they are going to give birth?
After the female ferret in bred the vulva decreases in size, but will remain somewhat swollen. There may be a mucous discharge from the vagina, which is normal, but if it is yellow/brownish and/or foul smelling, it indicates an infection that needs medical attention.
What is a ferret's vulva?
A ferret's vulva is the same as a human's vulva - those parts of the female sex organs that can be seen outside the body. If your ferret's vulva appears swollen, especially at this time of year, then she is almost certainly in season and will need to either mate (with a vasectomised male if you know of anybody with one) or get a "jill jab" hormone injection from your vet otherwise she will develop aplastic anaemia - a potentially fatal condition.
Where is the vulva on a ferret?
If you turn you ferret onto her back and lift her tail you will notice she has two openings. The opening closest to her belly is her vulva and the other opening is her anus.
Where is the Vulva on a female dog?
on its head
Does a female dogs breast get bigger once she gets her period?
Dogs do not have periods. When a bitch goes into heat her teats may become enlarged.
Whats a vulva?
According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, the vulva is "the external parts of the female genital organs."
The female external genitalia are collectively known as the?
vulva
What is a 5 letter word for female genitilia?
vulva
What is vulva to vulva?
A kind of female-to-female sexual activity involving contact between both partners' external genitalia. It can also be referred to as a form of tribadism. Source: Wikipedia.
Where is the vulva found in the female?
The vulvar structures cover the deeper structures of the female perineum. The labia maintain, by their apposition, the closure of the vaginal introitus. The integument of the vulva has specialized nerve endings sensitive to touch. Mucus produced by the vestibular glands maintains the epithelial moisture in this region.
What are the external organs of the female reproductive system?
The mammary glands are an external female reproductive organ.
Can a female ferret still get pregnant even after she's had the Jill jab?
It probably depends on what kind of injectable hormones are used and the timing of the injections when the female ferret is in estrus. As long as the vulva has reduced in size, would suggest she has been brought out of estrus. In either an injection of hormones or inducing ovulation by a sterile male, the vulva decreases to approximately one-fourth of the estrus size, it does not regress completely. These are suggestions from two different books on ferrets: * For female ferrets, injectable hormones are given 10 days or more after the swollen vulva is first noticed induce ovulation and end estrus in about a week. They will not work earlier. About 5 days after the injection, there will be a noticeable reduction in the vulva. The timing of the next heat in unpredictable, depending on many factors including photoperiod, diet, and the duration of the jill's heat before hormones were used. * This involves the injection of 100 USP units of chorionic gonadatropin, which acts like LH to promote ovulation and terminate estrus, used for this purpose. The injections for female ferrets should be given after the vulva reaches full size, usually about two weeks after you first notice that it is beginning to swell. If this hormone injection has induced ovulation, the vulva should begin to decrease in size within about one week, and then continue to get smaller. If after a week the vulva shows no sign of shrinking, a second injection should be given. If ther is still no sign of regression in the size of the vulva the following week, a third injection can be tried.
