Hello to all ferret lovers.I am a new member and am having a bit of
difficulty with my furry friends.
 
I have three ferrets.  Elvis is my fat boy,he is 2 years old and is very
full of enery like most young ferrets his age, he's my baby.  Next comes
Ariel and she is my dainty girl, I bought her a few months ago from a couple
who decided that they just didn't want her anymore, she is 4 years old and
is not playful at all.  My thoughts are on this is that she wasn't played
with enough, because she seems to be coming around more the longer that she
is here.  That's not my problem though, I believe that Ariel will be just
fine the more that she gets out to play.  My problem is that just recently
I bought a baby 9 weeks old her name is Tiki and she is precious.  I was
worried when I first brought her home wondering how the othe ferrets would
react to her and there was no problem, except elvis loves to play with her
and she loves to play right back with him.  However I'm not sure if he's
being to rough or not.  When they're playing once in awhile i'll here her
making noises that sound like she's whining so i'll go over to break them
up and as soon as i do she turns right around and starts nipping at him
again.  I know Elvis is not trying to hurt her by any means, however he is
a bit larger than most ferrerts and especially to her.  Do you think this
is something that I should worry about or is this something that or will
nature just handle this itself?  One more thing Elvis and Tiki are a
different type of ferret from Ariel, could you tell me how to tell which
type of ferrets they are.  I've tried books at the library, but they
weren't much help
 
thanks for the help
Diana
[Posted in FML issue 2241]