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Post by wicket on Sept 10, 2011 14:13:46 GMT -4
As of right now I have 4 male ferrets and my past experiences always included 2 little girls plus boys......
Do male ferrets mark like canine boys can?? Not with the lifting of their legs but pooing high up. I have seen dogs poo in bushes on hills when they are very dominate and wondered if ferret try and do the same thing.....cuz boy can these boys poo high up, I have poo drips as high as 6 inches up.....and it is kinda messy and well I find funny too. Wondering if anyone has experience with something similar. My other boys never pooped this high and I wondered if it was too much testosterone, even though they are fixed:)
Just a silly observation and I thought I would ask:)
Cheers
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Post by Tressie on Sept 10, 2011 19:38:15 GMT -4
Hi, I have one boy who has always pooped that way, and he is the only male Real Canadian ferret I've had. I assumed it was his little quirk. I've also had a number of male only groups and have not seen this in the others. Are you sure all 4 are doing it? Ferrets do tend to mimic behaviours and I suppose it is possible that your foursome may have learned that this is how its done. I also wonder whether some of that sort of behaviour comes from the pet store environment. From what I've seen at the pet stores, the poop ends up forming a mountain before the staff clean it up. And I would think if the ferret doesn't lift his butt high enough it might roll/plop back onto him  Never heard it associated with sexual type behaviour, whereas, urine marking, much like a dog, can be a sign of early adrenal disease. Tressie |
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Post by cody n christina on Sept 11, 2011 9:23:48 GMT -4
Baby always poo high up my male but my female Rickey never does.
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Post by ferretmothertoo on Sept 12, 2011 13:44:50 GMT -4
Now you know why they make high back litterpans! It is a male thing. Not all do it. Size or breeder doesn't matter. One of my boys had a really high rise and frequently went over the edge. His buddy was way bigger and never did it.
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Post by wicket on Sept 20, 2011 17:51:47 GMT -4
Guess I will just have to accept it.....makes an awful mess when the miss the litter box and hit then rolls down the wall behind the cage.... LOL
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Post by Tressie on Sept 20, 2011 17:55:51 GMT -4
Some people hang cloth, like an old towel behind the litter box and then you just launder the towel.
Are your litter boxes the ones with the high sides?
Tressie
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Post by wicket on Sept 30, 2011 18:07:26 GMT -4
Ok i have simply went back to my super pet cage where the whole bottom is a litter box....thought the ferret nation was my dream cage....but maybe not!! LOL 3 days and our floors are clean no poop shooting accidents!!
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