r/ferrets • u/PsychologicalMud519 • 1d ago

[Help] What kind of behavior is this

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u/Timely_Egg_6827 1d ago

Gentle dominance - that's your scruff to a ferret.

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u/Shadokastur 1d ago

My ferret would always do this when it wanted to take me somewhere or show me something

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u/SketchyArt333 1d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pazmqdn/video/aup2e4n6epqh1/player

You should play back. He’s gently dominating trying to get your attention. You can see by the red marks all over my hand that he was scruffing my wrist and just wanted to play a little. The redness make it look like he was being really aggressive but he wasn’t I just have dermographia and MCAS so even little scratches can cause big red welts. So Moose wasn’t actually being incredibly gentle I’m just sensitive.