Ferret kits

dodderangler

Anyone have them yet?
My little Jill is gettin bigger now and her nipples are really starting to stand out
She's only in early days but looks like il have kits soon
Hopefully it's not another phantom pregnancy like my other Jill had last year
She's now Seperated from the hobs and eating like a pig
Just not sure which of the hobs will be the kits father as both have been on her but one hob is more dominant than the other so

natdog

dodderangler wrote: »

Anyone have them yet?
My little Jill is gettin bigger now and her nipples are really starting to stand out

:eek:

dodderangler

9 kits this morning

mike91

10 there on the 22nd

dodderangler

mike91 wrote: »

10 there on the 22nd

All surviving so far?
All mine doing well gettin plenty of milk
Me little Jill looks boll0xed

mike91

yeah there all fine shes taking good care of her i keep her well fed and watered and she has a bit of space to stretch the legs

dodderangler

I was expecting mine to kill her kits or mate abandon them as its her first but she has hardly left them and hen she heard me with food she'll get up and come to the cage with one or two stuck on her but she straight away takes them off and carries them back to the nest
Are you using a water bottle or bowl of water?
I have the bowl as its energy wasting using a water bottle ( lad told me last week to do it and he was right)
Think I know which one of my hobs covered her

mike91

I use a bowl of water and yeah she does the same thing

dodderangler

day one and 6 days later. looks like theyll be albinos

mike91

Mine look about the same shes gettin back to normal now too everythin is lookin well

stephenoconnor

alri lads iv 2 gills ready to have their kits in the next day or 2, this week defo. one grayhound and one polecat both were covered by the same polecat. il let yous know how they get on

stephenoconnor

also lads if anyone would be interested in doing a straight swap for a hob for a hob for breeding purpose's in a few weeks let me know im living in dublin kits will be born this week so in 8 weeks if any one has a hob in their kits and looking for a new male let me know to arrange to meet

dicky82

i have kits there at the minute, from a good jill and a cracking hob. you're welcome to a hob if you want it, no need to swap. happy once they go to good working home.

Ape Owners

got seven in litter the other day,other jill gonna pop shortly.first litter for both of them so keeping fingers crossed.

dodderangler

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stephenoconnor

alri lads both of my ferrets had 9 babies each on the same day 2 days later both of them eat 4 babies each but its there first time having kits so other than that everything going well il post a few pics when the babbies are a little older. 2 weeks old this weekend

dodderangler

I read an article on ferrets not too long ago and said 70% of first time births are eaten or at least a few of them
It's a shame really but its life

stephenoconnor

il post pics of the 2 kits in a week or so

stephenoconnor

yea iv heard the same thing bout that also both of them had big litters for their first time.but both mothers and babies seem to be healthy and putting some weight on

dodderangler

My jill had her first litter but didn't eat any of her kits
But one of them did die
Looked like the runt of the litter

dodderangler

Kits starting to change colour
They're turning a dark colour now
Suppose il have to wait another week to find out who fathered them

huntmark

Any of you guys with ferret kits in or near the wicklow area?

dodderangler

huntmark wrote: »

Any of you guys with ferret kits in or near the wicklow area?

There's one or two lads on this that have them. I'm sure they'll pm you soon about them.

One of mine had 8. Other jill is lactating also so they have two mammies. None were cannibalised. Thinking it's an even split on Hobs and Jills but won't know till next week at the earliest.

Ape Owners

getting bigger,seems there was 6 in each litter.

Ape Owners

huntmark wrote: »

Any of you guys with ferret kits in or near the wicklow area?

PM sent.

Ape Owners

All grown up now.
jill and hob in each pic.

dodderangler

Sean il take a Jill off ya for my hob. He's pretty lonely after what happened the others. He's in perfect health which is good and he's eating like a horse.
Anyway they are same colour as him so il take one off you

Ape Owners

dodderangler wrote: »

Sean il take a Jill off ya for my hob. He's pretty lonely after what happened the others. He's in perfect health which is good and he's eating like a horse.
Anyway they are same colour as him so il take one off you

grand job ,but read your pm's or texts..just let me know if you serious bout taking her.. thanks.