If you are thinking of sterilizing your ferret or having a gland operation, we are going to detail a series of benefits that will help you make that decision.
Ferret sterilization benefits
One of the main advantages when we castrate our ferret is that we avoid significant anemia in females and the reduction of the strong odor produced by males when they are in heat.
The anemia in the females It can cause serious health problems, since a very long heat can cause severe anemia, which could even cause death.
This happens because the female ferrets are in heat until they mate, and can be in this situation for months, if they do not have a male or if we do not want to have pups.
In the case of Males, we will also get our ferret to stop relieving himself scattered throughout the house, as he does not have the instinct to mark the territory.
We will also get a more docile and calm ferret, since by not having the heat stage, its smell will not increase and coexistence with the rest of the ferrets will be more pleasant. Likewise, by being less nervous, your coexistence with us will also improve.
Benefits of deglandulation of ferrets
There are a wide variety of opinions, but if we must be clear about one thing, it is that if we are going to sterilize our ferret, we cannot forget about this other operation.
These glands for them have the function of defense, that is, they release the liquid that is inside them when they feel attacked or are subjected to stressful situations. This liquid is yellowish in color and smells really bad. Another utility that these glands have is to lubricate the bowel movement.
These glands also go linked to the mating season, so if we sterilize our ferret and to avoid their malfunction, it is advisable to take advantage of the operation and also remove the glands.
The tumors in the adrenal glands They are quite frequent in relatively young ferrets, causing hormonal imbalances and even causing death. In a future article, we will talk about adrenal disease.
We must bear in mind that not by removing the glands from our ferret, it will have more chances of developing some type of disease.
On the subject of lubrication, if our ferret eats a quality feed and we regularly give it malt (which they love, by the way), we won't have any kind of problem.
