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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.)

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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".

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If she's an intact female a jill, if she's been spayed a sprite.

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An unaltered adult female ferret is a "jill," a spayed adult female is a "sprite."

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Jill- Female ferret, unspayed.

Sprite- Female ferret, spayed.

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un-neutered male ferret = a Hob

unspayed female ferret = a Jill

neutered male- gib

spayed female- sprite

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The mother female ferret is called a "Dam"

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a jill

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