Neutering and Spaying Ferrets
31 Aug 2008
When you get a ferret, it is extremely important that you get them spayed or neutered, if this has not already occurred at the breeding farm. Even if you don’t neuter a male, you absolutely must spay a female that will not be bred.
When a female reaches sexual maturity, she will essentially go into heat, and this will not reside until she has mated. The female cannot ovulate unless she mates. Since she will not be mating, she will suffer. She will have bladder infections, bladder stones, lose hair and weight, and eventually have bone marrow failure, which will cause her to become anemic. When this happens, she will eventually hemorrhage internally and die a slow and painful death.
When the female ferret is spayed, both of her ovaries and the uterus will be removed. She should be spayed before reaching sexual maturity – between six and eight weeks old, or as soon as she is weaned from her mother.
If a male ferret is not neutered, you will notice that his body has a greasy feel to it, and that he has a great deal of body odor from spring to summer. This is the ferrets breeding season, and this is what happens to his body naturally – to attract females.
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