Ferrets Meet a Kitten for the 1st Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2021
- Care should always be taken when introducing new pets to your old pets. While it's common for a cat to get along with ferrets, it's not always the case. For example, our 17 year old cat, Midnight, does not really like the ferrets. They have learned to coexist peacefully and just ignore each other, but they will never play together. We are hoping that with starting with Loki at a young age (8 weeks old), that he will enjoy being around the ferrets.
If you have any doubt in reading animal behavior, it's always best to play it safe, and not allow them to interact. In this video, you will see one of our ferrets, Winky, playing with Loki the kitten; but it can easily be interpreted as fighting. Similarly, it could be easy to mistake a fight as playing, which could be a disaster. We have owned 5 different ferrets over the last 5 years, and we have learned that Winky always plays the most "aggressively". There are times that even his brothers want to disengage playing with him.
We just want to show our journey of introducing our kitten, Loki, to our Ferrets. This is not intended to be a tutorial of introducing a cat to ferrets.
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Cat: What a weird looking cat
Ferret: What a weird looking ferret
Lol that little kitty was pretty excited to play with them. Im glad they all seemed to get along well
I've never, ever owned a ferret. But I like them, they're just long cats lol
They literally came from animals called polecats
Winky seems pleased as a ferret can be with Loki ^^
Yeah, they've been enjoying playing with one another. Our oldest ferret, Kreacher, doesn't really play at all anymore; and Hagrid the ferret only puts up with Winky's rough-housing for so long before he stops playing with him. Loki is definitely good for Winky.
@@PawsToJourney Awww that's really sweet.
I was told by a ferret community that getting a ferret would be dangerous for my adult cat. I thought they could get along okay. What do yout think?
They are not wrong. There is always a risk when mixing species of animals. There are lots of ferrets and cats that get along, and there are a lot who do not. Both the ferret and the cat can cause harm. It really comes down to the individual animals, and even then so, I would make sure to supervise and really understand the behavior.
I have a ferret and 3 adult cats and 1 senior cat and they get alot for the most part for not fighting I mean my ferret is very curious and probably wants to play with the cats but normally the cats want nothing to do with her they usually run away for get backed into a corner and ngl that funny to see, my senior cat probably got along best with my ferret but Anastasia just couldn't stay away from her face and neck area and one day the almost had a fight and since then I do my best to not let Anastasia get in their faces or get to jumpy and around them and jump on them, I would assume mostly they don't want to hurt her cause they have never seen something like a ferret I'm their lives and the ferret the same and I never had my cats as kitten only full grown cats so they didn't really get a slow introduction
I was on a forum with a woman who said her ferret killed her cat. It took out the cats jugular and she said she would never get another ferret.
@@pipdragon8229 good
@@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587 Wow. What messed up thing to say.
Really good video on introducing them, common sense and paying attention to their behavior, body language, etc is key
great video! i saw another video where the ferret started fighting the kitten (neither had met each other first i don’t think) and the owner just laughed and it made me upset, i’m very glad people like you exist ^^!
We’re they play fighting or did the kitten actually start bleeding or something
@@Noncredible i dont think the kitten started bleeding but the kitten was obviously in distress. you can tell when a cat isnt play fighting if they hiss/growl or are showing physical signs of distress (ears pinned to head, fluffed up body/arching back, etc)
I'm confused I thought ferrets are overly curious creatures. They seem so mild and unsure of the kitten.
Thanks for the tips. This was a fun video to watch. Made me smile for sure. Man I just want to snuggle those ferrets. So precious and the kitten is so cute 😍
Thanks so much! They are good for snuggles when they're tired :)
Lovely to see thank you.
We have two hobs, brothers, the runt
and his protector, Ron and Reg or the boys.
Recently a stray cat adopted us, Blue, now she is pregnant.
We live in a converted box truck, the boys have quarter of it...
They are outside daily on harness and anchor and always stop by to say hello to the cat . We are half expecting the boys to stash the kittens and we have no great concern of them trying to harm them. The boys bring shame to the reputation of ferrets by being unbelievable soft and cuddly.
You have pretty much shown that you do pretty much what we do whilst getting the creatures used to one another.
I think I may need to start drinking more coffee...
Great video.
Our first cat wanted nothing to do with our ferrets. She'd run and get up high. Just got a new cat (different ferrets) and this is good advice since the new kitty doesn't seem to be afraid of the ferrets.
precious darling siblings❤❤❤❤
Great information also they are all so cute
Thanks so much!
@@PawsToJourney yw
In general I'd just advise against having a ferret and cat altogether. While you can have a very chilled cat and a very chilled ferret, that isn't always the case with everybody's pets. The biggest reason to avoid having them together is that they just simply don't understand each other's body language. One may interrupt the other's intention for play as a fight and things can get out of hand especially for the ferret being the smaller of the two. If you had cats and dogs before then you'd know that cats are more heavily tuned towards their natural hunting instincts.
All it takes is one moment when you're not paying attention and something goes horribly wrong. It could work out but it also could not. Even more so if you aren't good at reading your pets body language. I'd just rather not take the risk in the likelihood that it doesn't work out. My temporary amusement is not worth potentially a life of an innocent ferret. I have 2 chilled cats and am very confident in reading them and even then I wouldn't get a ferret. Dogs? No problem but not a ferret even though I want one so badly.
Any tips for when they’re both kits?
Yet another great video! Do you by any chance have tips for introducing ferrets and dogs? ^^
I’ve actually tried introducing my families dog to my ferret and it didn’t go too well. Our dog was really paranoid because it’s never seen an animal like a ferret before and would try to bite my ferret (her name is Lucky) out of curiousness sometimes and I instantly knew they couldn’t be left together even supervised
There is a lot that goes into introducing dogs and ferrets. Of course it will depend on the ferrets and dog on whether or not they will get along. What's important is really understanding both your ferret's behavior, as well as your dogs. Dogs will normally give signs that they are upset before they bite, but not everyone knows how to see those signs. They can give the obvious signs of growling/baring teeth, but there are tons of little subtle things (like lifting a paw), that can also indicate that they are uncomfortable and may bite. The TH-cam channel, PazuandFriends, actually just posted a video on this topic! You should check them out!
Very good comment! It's good to know that not all dogs and ferrets will get along, and that's okay! Us humans don't always get along with everyone, so it's understandable that our pets (especially different species) won't either. :)
Off topic but I got my dog and Kitten like each other ^^ he is a GSD and she is a baby kitten ^^
Ugh how has a dog person arrived here..
My albino ferret just looked my neighbors outdoor cat up and down in my kitchen, but did nothing, the cat, who was a tom cat, got scared and ran off and was afraid to come back inside. Its always a risk mixing different animals, we had gerbils and white mice and the pet shop staff said to be careful with putting them together. They were fine for a few months, the mice kind of annoyed the gerbils but no fighting or anything. Then one morning the white mice were missing, we only found bits and pieces of the tails.
What do you mean only found? Don't think gerbils eat meat.
@@kylemendoza8860 You're one google search away and you can't be arsed to educate yourself. Just type: "Do gerbils eat meat?" and you have your answer. How did you make it do adulthood, lol?
"if the ferrets were feeling threatened or scared"...I thought she's had ferrets before.
my ferrets bullied my little girl and her brother from the minute we got them as kittens lmao, till one of the ferrets died from a degenerative liver disease unfortunately. but now the remaining ferret bullies her brother incessantly and usually avoids her because he knows she's a better fighter and won't put up with it lmao, I once had to wrench her and the more aggressive ferret apart getting clawed to hell from it, but thankfully no winner was decided and they got along fie after that.
Cat meets cat
Hagrid's living up to his name. Go find a fire-breathing Saber-Toothed Cat. He'll think it's adorable.
As someone who has owned both at the same time, a ferret can and will dominate a cat.
Idk if it's just the difference in ferrets but both of my girls I know I could just drop in front of a kitten and they'd all have a blast I'd be more worried if the kitten would be scared but MAYBE if the kitten is too hyper theyd tell him to shove it and hide the toys but other than that would just be crazy with the kitten. They love their kitties so much lol.
If not friend, why friend shaped?
How old was the cat? Mine was3 to 4 weeks old and my ferret grabs her by the neck and hides her like she’s a toy.
That let them around each other. Ferrets are hunting animals they can end up killing your cats or other pets which is why ferrets are supposed to hang with other ferrets
HOW DO YOU KEEP THE CAGE CLEAN?????
I always scoop their litter box daily, and clean the cage weekly. I throw all their bedding into the wash, and have backup sets of bedding I can put back on. I do have to say, in that we've been super lucky in the 5 ferrets we've had, and they've all been great at being litter box trained. Having accidents outside the cage would definitely make things more complicated.
We got a new rescue kitten, and we have a ferret (she’s albino) and she won’t stop attacking him, She bites his neck, i don’t know what to do about it, please help!!
Hello! Congrats on your rescue kitten! How old is your kitten?
It can be very normal for ferrets to attack a kitten, so often times it’s recommended to NOT introduce your kitten to your ferret until they’re 4 months old. Even then, the ferret could still attack, but the kitten should be big enough to defend itself.
Not all ferrets and cats get along, so it’s important to monitor their interactions closely. If the ferret and cat are not getting along, it’s safer for them to be apart.
I hope this helps!
@@PawsToJourney thank you! It really does!! He is a Maine coon and is 8 weeks old, I thought he would be old enough for it
I’ll keep them apart till then!! Thank you!
Hey, how are they interacting now that it’s 8 months later and your cat has grown? I hope everything is going well!
@@coreypimper A ferret would never kill a full grown adult maine coon, the cat would kill the ferret in that situation.
@@AlehGea objectively false, a ferret can and will kill an adult cat with ease
My cat is even kind with my rabbits. And she plays with my dogs. Especially 2 of my dogs love the cat. I don't trudt the other dogs alone with her. Consider a ferret and wondr how she will go with the cat and 2 of the dogs.
I got bit my a cat a couple years back, and i didnt do anything about it. I feel dumb
Don't feel dumb! Some cats can be feisty; and it's not always aggression.
I had a ferrite and it killed my cat 🧐
Reupload please without the music.
Cat and long cat
you seems very worried of the cat hurting the ferret.... but a ferret is a deadly killer, too. And if it bite the kitten throat, it can easily kill it.
Having 4 hunting ferrets and 4 cats, I can safely say my ferrets would 100% kill the cats if they had escaped.
Depends on how you treat ferrets & how they're brought up, I had brought a young male timid little loving fella to be a fantastic ferocious hunter and he loves it.
Love hearing about ferrets doing the thing they were bred to do! It's illegal in the US unfortunately, but I love watching European videos of them doing it! You can definitely tell they enjoy it!
@@PawsToJourney That sure is a shame is illegal yet you're able to shoot dear? weird, here in the UK its illegal to shoot anything without permission from land owners.
We mostly shoot pheasants/rabbit/rats/pigeon using air rifles/shot guns/ferrets/dogs, horseback hunting for the posh & rich :P
Why do you think that?