To Petra Dueck:
 
>Quincy has been...  ug having intimate relations with a stuffed animal.
>And both Noah and Quincy have been having (I guess I can say it since
>it's a scientific term) erections :0 for long periods at a time.  But
>they were both fixed when young!
 
    Petra - there are a couple of possibilities here -
 
    1) the ferrets were not neutered properly and may have a retained
testicle - do they smell like intact ferrets?
    2)  this may be a form of dominance behavior - instinctive, and can
be seen in both intact and neutered ferrets
    3)  there amy be adrenal problems, which often causes reproductive
problems and aggressive sexual behavior in neutered males.
 
Bruce Williams, DVM
[Posted in FML issue 1194]