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Date: | Thu, 10 Feb 2000 23:18:41 EST |
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I can only relay personal experience, but if you intend to use your boy for
breeding or just let him be a pampered pet, you may want to wait awhile to
see if he drops. It is entirely possible that this could wait to happen
until he is around a year old. One of my ferrets held onto his for just
over a year. At nine months I followed the vets advice, got him neutered
(they also couldn't find the other w/ minimal exploratory surgery) He and
his cagemate rebounded from the ordeal in no time. 4 months later he began
putting on a lot of weight and acting more aggressive towards his cagemate
(not to mention he was applying the odour de' ferret a little too heavy)
Well, too my surprize he had dropped his other testicle after I had been
told he wouldn't. This meant that surgery #2 was now necessary. So, the
moral of the story is to never underestimate a ferret's will to do what
you least expect.
-Stacie
Loki, VooDoo, and Pica
[Posted in FML issue 2956]
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