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My ferret bites during playtime. Should I discourage this behavior?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Unknown - Small Animal | Male | neutered | 4 months and 8 days old

It is ok to allow my ferret to bite me during playtime? Or should I discourage this behavior to prevent biting later on?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on December 8th, 2017

You should discourage this behavior, ferrets can bite very hard even when playing, they will bite anyone in their way if getting used to, i definitely recommend discouraging this behavior from early age.

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