george123456789 Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Does doing this have a big effect on the smell of hobs? Roughly how much would/could it cos to have 2 ferrets done? Thanks George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Castration can make hobs smell less musty, especially at certain times of the year. I have been charged between £15 and £25 for the operation, the higher price included an antibiotic jab, but I haven't had any done for a while. Ring round the Vets and get some quotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 It really reduces the smell of the ferret and usually turns them lighter in colour, and costs me £40 per ferret and havent had any problems before. Alex B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Got ours done last year, or should I say looking at what others paid I got done £75!!! Does cut down on the smell though and improved the hobs nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren m Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 do they still keep there hunting instinct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-peter Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 do they still keep there hunting instinct yes they are hunting for their n/s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 do they still keep there hunting instinct Yes, haven't seen any change still a good worker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmullis286 Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 all i can say is what a load of cobblers. castrating ferrets?? ***. feed raw petmince and keep the hutch clean and no smell. everyone thinks ferrets smell but if fed right and keep clean they dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-peter Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 all i can say is what a load of cobblers. castrating ferrets?? ***. feed raw petmince and keep the hutch clean and no smell. everyone thinks ferrets smell but if fed right and keep clean they dont. i used to let my ferret loose in the house my mate said what about the smell i said he'll soon get used to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 The main reason for castrating ferrets isnt just to reduce the smell its for easy accomodation, i castrated my hobs so i could have them with my other jills without them wanting to mate with them or with other hobs, otherwise the hob will live a very lonely life in separate hutches! Got 2 more needing to go in for the snip,!!! Oh and i got told that castrated ferrets dont work, thats rubbish, my castrated boys are the best workers ive got!! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 all i can say is what a load of cobblers. castrating ferrets?? ***. feed raw petmince and keep the hutch clean and no smell. everyone thinks ferrets smell but if fed right and keep clean they dont. Speaking of 'cobblers' if youv'e got ferrets that dont smell then they are genetic mutations, regardless of how clean the hutch is kept, which I hasten to add mine is spotless, basic clean out once a day and a complete strip out clean once a week and as for fed right, where do you catch petmince? cant say my ferrets have ever bolted a petmince before!! Got my Hob castrated for exactly the same reasons as Ferretboy111. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren m Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 all i can say is what a load of cobblers. castrating ferrets?? ***. feed raw petmince and keep the hutch clean and no smell. everyone thinks ferrets smell but if fed right and keep clean they dont. Speaking of 'cobblers' if youv'e got ferrets that dont smell then they are genetic mutations, regardless of how clean the hutch is kept, which I hasten to add mine is spotless, basic clean out once a day and a complete strip out clean once a week and as for fed right, where do you catch petmince? cant say my ferrets have ever bolted a petmince before!! Got my Hob castrated for exactly the same reasons as Ferretboy111. thats the only reason i would consider it too , i,m thinking of getting her some company . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmullis286 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 all i can say is what a load of cobblers. castrating ferrets?? ***. feed raw petmince and keep the hutch clean and no smell. everyone thinks ferrets smell but if fed right and keep clean they dont. Speaking of 'cobblers' if youv'e got ferrets that dont smell then they are genetic mutations, regardless of how clean the hutch is kept, which I hasten to add mine is spotless, basic clean out once a day and a complete strip out clean once a week and as for fed right, where do you catch petmince? cant say my ferrets have ever bolted a petmince before!! Got my Hob castrated for exactly the same reasons as Ferretboy111. petmince is a mixture of raw meat you twurp, so when a ferret is in the wild all they eat is raw meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 petmince is a mixture of raw meat you twurp, so when a ferret is in the wild all they eat is raw meat. Right thanks for that, so thats what pet mince is, glad you cleared that one up for me would never have known otherwise. Just hope you're one brain cell hasn't overloaded given the eloquent usage of the vernacular to get you're lame point across. Does anybody still use the word "twurp" outside of the playground these days? Such a powerful rebuke, I shall consider myself throughly chastised. If you hadn't been so openly confrontational in you're response, which I might add had no real bearing on the original question posted by George123456789 about castration no-one would have taken issue with you're comments. Apologies to George for this rude interruption to his post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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