Exotics - ferrets

Question 1

What are ferrets classed as?

Answer 1

Mustelids

Question 2

What are male ferrets called?

Answer 2

Hobs

Question 3

What are female ferrets called/

Answer 3

Jills

Question 4

What diet do ferrets have?

Answer 4

Carnivores

Question 5

How many teats do ferrets have?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

What kind of external genitalia do hobs have?

Answer 6

Prepuce and os penis like dog

Scrotum like cat

Question 7

What is the dental formula for a ferret?

Answer 7

I3/3 C1/1 PM3/3 M1/2

Question 8

How many teeth do ferrets have?

Answer 8

34

Question 9

What are the muscles of mastication like in a ferret?

Answer 9

Well developed masseters and temporalis

Deep pterygoids aid crushing

Question 10

How many salivary glands do ferrets have?

Answer 10

5 pairs

Question 11

What type of GI tract do ferrets have?

Answer 11

Typical carnivore - simple stomach, small and large intestine

Question 12

What part of the GI tract do ferrets not have?

Answer 12

No ileocolonic valve - continuous ilium to colon

Also no caecum

Question 13

What is a common site of disease in ferrets?

Answer 13

Adrenal glands

Question 14

What is important to note about jills repro system?

Answer 14

Induced ovulators, if dont mate then become anaemic and have bone marrow supression due to oestrogen

Question 15

What kind of uterus do ferrets have?

Answer 15

Bicornuate

Question 16

What accessory glands do ferrets have?

Answer 16

Only the prostate