Haha they’re noisy and oh so cute!! Like little furry jellybeans! I’ve never seen one in real life (almost did when I went to pick up Ember, but apparently some were…ahem…let’s just say it was breeding season, lol! So we couldn’t go down there or they’d stop…), but it’s awesome watching them on the webcam!
Posted By Beka27 on 05/04/2009 02:01 PM
They are so funny! I’ve never seen pics of baby ferrets.
How are they bred? The petstore ferrets all come spay/neutered right? Do you they go thru a breeder to get babies for the purpose of breeding? They’re not like rabbits where they are everywhere unaltered… What are baby ferrets like? Stores only sell adults…
Beka, Pet store ferrets do come spayed and neutered. They are spayed/neutered WAY to young (like 4-5 weeks old when they don’t sexually mature until they’re 8-12 months old) which can cause health problems. The babies are also taken away from their mom to soon also (6-7 weeks when they shouldn’t be weaned until 10-11 weeks) which can cause behavorial problems. I guess it’s good in some ways, because if a female is not bred while she is in heat (she doesn’t have to get pregnant, just bred) then she won’t come out of heat and could die. And we don’t have stupid people breeding them except for the mills.
If someone wants to breed ferrets they have to get mentored by a breeder and then prove that they can handle it. After that they choose a few ferrets to start off with and viola! Breeders are very careful about who they sell to though! Usually you have to have gotten a couple ferrets from a breeder(s) before that and have a few years of expierence. The UK is somewhat different. You can get ferrets cheap and I don’t believe they have mills there. Not sure though! In Canada they have no ferret breeders what so ever and it costs like $350 to get a ferret from a pet store!! When I can support myself, have my own house, and lots of time I plan on breeding ferrets on a small scale. I think Canada needs some breeder ferrets though, lol!
Baby ferrets are like…One year old kids, lol!! They basically remain that way thru their whole life! Baby ferrets take a lot of training and patience! When I got Ollie he was an older kit, but still a baby! Good for me he was an angel and behaved himself most of the time. Unlike most kits who should have a TON of energy, he didn’t seem to get the energy until later on in his life, lol!! My other two ferrets I’ve gotten when they were older, so I don’t have a lot of expierence with kits, but I know a lot about them.
Well there’s you book for the day!! And if any of you ever have any questions about ferrets feel free to ask me!
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