A female ferret is called a Jill.
A mother ferret of a litter is called a Dam.
An unspayed female is a Jill, A spayed female is a Sprite.
A male is a Hob, and young are called Kits.
(In Germany they call kits puppies.)
A female ferret that is unaltered is called a "jill", an altered female ferret is called a "Sprite", a mother ferret is called a "dam".
If she's an intact female a jill, if she's been spayed a sprite.
An unaltered adult female ferret is a "jill," a spayed adult female is a "sprite."
Jill- Female ferret, unspayed.
Sprite- Female ferret, spayed.
un-neutered male ferret = a Hob
unspayed female ferret = a Jill
neutered male- gib
spayed female- sprite
The mother female ferret is called a "Dam"
a jill
A veterinarian can spay a female ferret.
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....when a mummy ferret and a daddy ferret love each other very much... He is trying to mate with the female ferret.
Hob is a masculine name for a male ferret, Jill is a feminine name for a female ferret. When someone talks about a hob or a jill, you will know to what they are referring to.
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
In the UK, A female ferret is called a Jill, and a male is called a Hob.
an unspated female ferret is a Jill. Spayed- sprite a whole male ferret is a hob. Neutered- gib a baby ferret is called a kit
Yes, a female ferret can be neutered to keep her from going into heat.
No. The sperm from the male ferret is required to fertilise the egg / eggs of the female ferret
A ferret would be at risk if you don't know the proper care
Male and female ferrets tend to cost the same.
Female is a sow the male is a boar