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Wanting to get a ferret

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Question
Hello, my name is Mandy, and I would like to get a ferret.
I'm not exactly sure if I want a boy, or a girl.
Which would you recommend?
And, do they always smell worse if they don't have their gland removed?


Answer
Hello, Males and females are both loving friendly and fun to play with so the choice is yuors...males Normal are a bit larger if you perfer a larger animal. They smell the same wheather they have the anal glands removed or not these only come into effect once the animal is Extremly frightened then it would release the fluid from the glands ferrets dont have much to fear in captivity so they Very Rarely use them anyway, But the ferret must be spayed or neutered females will go into heat and stay into heat until bred causing cancers and tuors of the reproductive organs and males stink really bad if they are Not neutered and can also be more agressive if not neutered.