Getting along.. confusing stuff! lol

[cody n christina]

Some time Rickey (3 year old female) and Baby (gonna be 2 real soon male) get along great! then all of a suddent Baby will kick Rickey out of the bed they are cuddled in..or bite her.. they where cuddled up right nice..i have a pic below an all of a sudden Baby bites Rickey in the face and she crys an we have to get his mouth off her face.. no blood , but slight redness an she was shanking..this was a week or so ago..they are happy again now but he still kicks her out of the beds.. tood..water.. toys .. he seams as if he has days where everything is his .. and Rickey just leaves an trys another plcae toys etc..
Is this mormal..
I really dont wanna come home from work or something an Rickey be really hurt.. i dono i just wish a ferret expert could watch them interact together for an hour or so and tell me if this is normal..

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[Johnny and Demon]

If you expect no ferret fights at all ; forget about it ! lol
Ferrets, like any other pets, are just like human kids : They love to play, their favorite game is probably to "playfight" .. and there's always someone who absolutely WANTS to win the game !

Demon is the Alpha and he hiss when is loosing fight (or he wants something that he can not have) and he sometimes makes Johnny cry. Demon has always been a bit of a bully since he's a kit They usualy do fine in their room, they gently play with each other and they sleep in a chosen bed HOWEVER, I ALWAYS hear some cries from Johnny and hiss from Demon when they are outside - most of time they are playing fight and after a couple of hours (yes, they do can play fight for hours ! lol), I hear Johnny cries. I stopped them, and they look at me with a weird face like they want to say :"we are just playing mommy"

Even if I sepperated them, Johnny will run in Demon's direction and ask for more Its just a game !

Once in a very while I hear cries in the ferrets room. Its happens when they did not got out of the room yet... So if your furkids are used to be out of their cage at a certain hour and somedays, for a reason or another, you don't get them out at the same time, they might think :"mommy did not let us out and its because of YOU"! Just like a kid blamming his sister for anything
I've noticed that for my boys, so it might be a reason for your Baby aswell .. that said, every ferrets are unique critters ..

If Rickey's ears aren't red, if there's no missing fur, no red spot .. I don't think Baby is too rough on her. Rickey is probably doing something that Baby does't approve as he sounds pretty much like the alpha of your group to me.

If your are not talking about real agression (early sign of adrenal disease in male ferrets), I guess its just a ferret thing ..
If you DO see, red ears on Rickey, missing fur, blood, red spot, well keep and eye on Baby as it might be an early sign of illness ..

[cody n christina]

Baby bit Rickey in the face and she cryed an we had to take his mouth off her face.. teeth in her face..no blood , but there was redness an she was shanking in my arms like she was scared... but they r happy together again now.. they fight like this once a week or so..

[Johnny and Demon]

Does Baby has some fur missing ? Does he have litter box problem ?
Sometimes, male ferrets become agressif as an early sign of adrenal disease but it can also due to something else ..
When a ferret shakes, it might be because the pet is scared, because it just woke up or because of the temperature ..
But the fact Rickey has red spot due to Baby's bite worry me a bit ..
Maybe you can ask Tressie ? I'm sure she can help you with this ..

Good Luck !

[cody n christina]

No..no fur Missing..Normal litterbox user ..uses it most of the time inside or if its durty he will go right in front of the box..Rickey does the same in litter box habbits...Both Rickey n Baby are fluffing up abit now..winter i guess.. Yea Baby woke her up by biting her..i'd say she got a fright...it was only 4 where his teeth where gone the same day..i just don't want them to get hurt..if i'm not home it might get bad.. i let them be alone until Rickey crys or Baby bites..because they don't always end up in a fight ..most times its a few hisses then Rickey gives up an trys to find somewhere else..a few times she just kicked himm out n stck her bum in front of the opening so he wounld go away..but for the most part Baby rules between them..