In issue 1439 Sheena Staples <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
>Milo is a great big fatso. He weighs just over 6lbs although he is neutered
>and descented at a teeny weeny size (hard to believe he was ever teeny
>weeny).  He's HUGE, and he's only 7 months old.  Is this just baby fat?
 
Sammy was also a chubster for a while (although he peaked at only 4.25
pounds; still about as big as Bud and Cassie put together at the time.  I
can't imagine a ferret being even bigger!).  Sammy reached his peak weight
at about 6 months age.  After this I didn't keep track of his weight for
some time (my scale broke, and I had trouble finding a replacement).  But
Sammy was bred at a breeder I know at 10 months (*PLEASE* don't do this
yourself, you don't know what you're getting yourself into!  Neuter your
males at 6 to 8 months age, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!  Ask me about it when you
have a free hour sometime :).  He was neutered at about 1 year, and at age
13 months he weighed 3.25 pounds.  He's 20 months old now, and has been
holding steady at about 2.75 to 3 pounds for several months (he's not skinny
though; he really was pretty plump before).
 
Of course this is just one example, and Sammy's history is different than
Milo's, but it seems a plump young ferret can slim out later in life.
 
--
John Rosloot, Caregiver to Cassidy and Sammy
With loving memories of my dear departed Buddy
Technical analyst, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~john/ferrets.html
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[Posted in FML issue 1440]