Hello everyone!
I got a second ferret a bit more than a month ago. I am currently starting their encounter again (stopped because my elder fell ill) and the resident (first ferret I got) seems scared of the new one. He will runaway everytime he sees him and go lay somewhere safe for him until the other reaches him. He stays mostly lethargic as long as he is around.
The newest ferret is adorable with humans but is a bit aggressive with my eldest. He will always look for him when they are both in the same place. Then he will try to fight with him but will also squeak quite a lot during this.
This behaviours is only there since this new encounter tentative. Before that, the eldest would also search to fight and and interact which often led to the new ferret pooping himself or squeaking a lot.
Is this only submissive behaviour as the pecking order is being don or do you have input on what this could be ?
Thanks a lot!