Ferret surgeries

In Quebec, the majority of ferrets are neutered when they’re adopted. This makes it possible to control reproductive lines.

Neutering them also helps prevent the development of certain health and behavioral problems. In fact, intact males can not only emit strong body odor, but they can also develop undesirable behaviors such as aggression and urine marking. Females can die from an overproduction of sexual hormones (hyperoestrogenism) if they are not spayed or if they are not mated.

In order to reduce the ferret’s unique odor, some individuals will have the anal glands removed at the same time as spay or neutering. However, because the neutering is sufficient enough to greatly reduce the ferret’s odor, most breeders do not have them removed. Regardless of the type of surgery performed, ferrets will always release their characteristic odor, even to a small degree, because they possess several bodily glands in addition to their anal glands.

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