Most ferrets we find in shelters available and ready to be adopted are sterilized, why does this happen? Does it have to do with the bad smell?
The male ferret , at the end of one year of life he begins to develop the glands to attract specimens of the other sex or mark the territory and drive away those of his own.By sterilizing a male we managed to avoid:
- Bad smell
- Territoriality
- Tumors
Sterilizing the female ferret also has certain advantages and is that they undergo hormonal changes to attract the male that also involve the use of their glands.By sterilizing it we manage to avoid:
- Bad smell
- Hormonal problems
- Hyperestrogenism
- Anemia
- Alopecia
- Reproduction
- Tumores
- Reproduction
The ferrets dis They put perianal glands, they are two and they are located inside the anus communicating to him through two small channels.
We must know that a ferret sterilized by not suffering from heat or sexual excitement no longer produces the bad smell regularly but if you can suffer it by having a fright, great excitement or an alteration.
The removal of the perianal glands should always be carried out by a professional already experienced in this procedure, but our little one pet may suffer incontinence, prolapse and other diseases arising from the operation.It is optional and should be the owner who decides.
As the owner of the ferret you must ask yourself if you want to carry out this operation or not and weigh if The problems that can lead to surgery have more weight than the bad smell that can occur in a spontaneous moment, although you should know that you will never eliminate the bad smell 100%. From ExpertAnimal we do not recommend the removal of these glands .
The perianal glands are not the only ones your pet has, it has others distributed throughout the body that can also produce a bad smell.The uses of these are diverse, including providing them with ease to defecate, protection from a predator etc.
The option more It is certainly not right to remove the perinal glands, so at ExpertAnimal we offer you some useful tips to prevent and try to avoid the bad smell that a ferret can give off :
- We will clean your cage practically daily or every two days, including the bars that we can clean with wet wipes, for example.When you clean use a neutral and disinfectant product that does not harm the skin or can contaminate the food.
- Daily you will pay attention and clean the area of the cage or space enabled do Where you usually do your needs, doing so prevents the appearance of diseases, infections etc.
- As we do with other pets, we must clean the ears of the ferret, removing the wax from Weekly or biweekly way.Performing this process reduces the risk of an infection and also reduces the bad smell.
- Bana your ferret once a month at most and is that in its skin we find a fat that protects it from the outside.Also and as with dogs banar it in excess produces a bad smell.
- Finally it is important that you leave your ferret calm during the day trying not to excite, scare or startle you.This way you reduce the chances of it emitting the strong smell we are trying to prevent.
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