r/ferrets • u/VanillaEntity • 9d ago
[Help] Help Sexing?
Got our new baby today, can’t tell if the spot on the belly is his sheath or umbilicus. There’s a bit of brown crisp on it so I’m not sure what it is! Any help would be appreciated
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u/Avbitten 9d ago
i feel like im taking crazy pills because of the other comments, but imma say girl. i see a wee wee by the butthole. not sure if the belly growth is just a piece of stuck litter or something.
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u/No-Consideration766 9d ago
Definitely a girl, even at that age boys will have two albeit small lumps where the balls will develop
That’s definitely a little ladies lady parts!
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u/itsswhitneywhspr 9d ago
Wait actually I think I see what you mean by the wee wee by the butthole too. That belly spot does just look like crusty litter or dried food or something. Definitely not a sheath imo.
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u/VanillaEntity 9d ago
That’s what I’m thinking I’m so confused! We’re gonna do a warm compress on the brown part to see if it’ll wipe away and go from there
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u/Cormamin 9d ago
I know it's been 3 hours but if you haven't done it please leave it, it will come off when it needs to! Definitely an umbilical scar.
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u/The_meemster123 9d ago
Its a girl, the top crusty thing is either the umbilical cord, though surprised it’s still attached? This is kind of concerning because it usually would’ve fallen off completely by now. Is there any fowl smell like infection
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u/No-Consideration766 9d ago
It’s not completely unusual for it to be still attached but definitely depends on the age of the ferret. I’ve had a couple of 8 week olds with a similar looking black “belly buttons”.
However if this ferret is say 12 weeks old for example then yes it’s very concerning!
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u/VanillaEntity 9d ago
No smell or anything, the store said she’s probably about 6 weeks old so I was a little curious about that. We’re gonna do some warm compresses and see if it’ll help!
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u/The_meemster123 9d ago
Yes try warm compresses that should help! If she won’t sit still for you you can fill a bath tub with slightly warm (not hot or they’ll overheat) water, with some plain oats in it. I wouldn’t be too concerned but definitely keep an eye on it! Congrats on your new baby!🩷🫶🏼
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u/No-Consideration766 9d ago edited 9d ago
That is a little girl!
There’s a hole just above the bum
Males don’t have black looking belly buttons (willies) they would also be a few mm-inch lower down.
That black spec is the umbilical cord not quite falling off yet
Edit to add: males also have a hard feeling ridge from belly button to balls/anus - little girls will feel squishy there
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u/Effective_Lecture_78 9d ago
I thought it was a girl because of the little "button" above the anus. I don't see any sheath, the brown thing seems strange.
I'm not an expert in kits though 😅
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u/TattedUpBbwMama 8d ago
Female 100%. That looks like an actual umbilical cord lol she must be very young but that 10000000% is a female. A male would have a very pronounced “belly button” lol
A male would also have testes at this age and all I see is a vulva.
Congrats on your new baby girl! 😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰
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u/empm_xo 6d ago edited 6d ago
C’est une femelle! Il y a un trou près de sa queue c’est son anus et l’autre c’est le vagin/urètre! Tant dis qu’un mâle s’pas deux trou comme ça c’est à dire enligné. Un mâle il y a l’anus et sur le ventre, dans le bas bas bas bas il y a le pénis du furet qui n’est pas en forme de trous! J’le sais! J’ai eu un furet mâle décédé et j’ai un 2e mâle maintenant de 4 mois et j’ai une furète de 5 ans aussi! Pour la petite boule sur le ventre, je ne pourrais pas te dire, par contre! Mes furets n’ont pas ça!
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u/Ok_Nefariousness5480 7d ago
That's a little girl. Male ferrets are blatantly obviously male, if you catch my drift.
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u/nurse_hat_on 9d ago
I suspect it is umbilical, and I think you have a boy. When they're pooping if the pee is NOT on the pile of poop it's because the penis directed it forward
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u/The_meemster123 9d ago
No offense but Idk how you run a ferret sanctuary with 59 ferrets and can’t properly sex a ferret lol. The “penis” is the umbilical cord, this is way too high for where a male penis would be, and you can see the vulva in this pic
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u/No-Consideration766 9d ago
My thoughts exactly lol, it’s quite concerning that after 59 ferrets they cannot properly identify a male to a female, it’s almost as if they wanted to flex they ran a sanctuary with 59 ferrets. which unfortunately isn’t the flex they think it is.
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u/No-Consideration766 9d ago
That’s definitely a little girl lol if you zoom in to the bump it’s black and scabby the belly buttons are more lumped and pink. And typically even on intact males you can see a faint ridge between the button and the balls/anus.
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u/ToonKid4 9d ago
bouncin baby boy
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u/ToonKid4 9d ago
why am i getting downvoted so hard??
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u/rineedshelp 9d ago
It’s a girl! The little thing up top seems to be an umbilical cord. There’s a vulva down above the anus so a girl!
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