ferret lady
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I wouldn't recommend it. The hob could kill the kits or the jill might accidentally kill them while trying to protect them from the hob.
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Yes, I did...sorry for the poor wording. Ferrets and Eu polecats can interbreed successfully, as can Eu polecats and Steppe polecats. Eu polecats can also interbreed successfully with European mink but not with American mink.
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It's my understanding that ferrets and European polecats are unable to produce viable offspring due to the difference in chromosomes. Steppe polecats are very similar to black footed ferrets and I think they were used in the effort to bring back black footed ferrets from the edge of extinction.
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Didn't he work them primarily on muskrats?
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There may be some but I can't think of any other species which don't go out of heat on their own.
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I'm fairly sure the other species you listed go out of heat on their own if not bred'
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No. I'd never heard or read that European rabbits had been introduced in the US. All I've ever seen are the cottontails. Googled it and it seems they aren't too popular in some areas: "Within the U.S. a vigorous attempt to control European rabbit populations in San Juan park of Washington is in the works. The beautiful landscape has been stripped bare to the point of a moon-scape according to park officials."
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Ferrets are illegal in California and Hawaii.
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You're correct...the American cotton tail rabbit doesn't live in burrows. The female digs a shallow hole and covers it with grass for her litter. Ferreting is illegal in many, if not all, states. I don't know of any US breeder who actually uses them for ferreting.
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A jill usually needs to be taken out of heat on her first season of the year. She will go out on her own with subsequent heats that year...or at least mine always have.
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My ferret and hybrid kits have always played in the water bowl. The bowls in the cage are fastened to the cage with bungee cords, but some push the one in the house all over the floor.
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It's probably a hydrocele and needs to be checked out by a vet.
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Wish I could but it's illegal here. I own and breed hybrids with very strong hunting instincts and good to excellent temperaments, so I've always wished I had the opportunity. Rabbits don't live in warrens in the US so I'm not sure that ferreting with them would be possible even if it were legal.
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I pay about $6 (don't know what that would be in pounds) for a 40 lb bag of wood stove pellets (the hard wood type) and about the same for the 40 lb bag of pine pellets which are marketed for horse stall bedding. Living in Texas, I can only get the wood stove pellets in late fall and early winter so I stock up when they're available.
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I have used this type of pellet in the ferret litter pans for more than 20 years now. I prefer the hardwood pellets over the pine pellets as they don't break down as fast. They definitely keep down the urine odor and keep the cage cleaner than anything else I've used.
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It always amuses me to watch them when the jill decides it's time the kits went back to bed.
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Hopefully he's gone for good. I asked that he be banned, at least from the ferret forums and he hasn't posted since.
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I'm hoping he's gone. I asked that he be banned, at least from the ferret forums.
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And there's the one by Mark Twain: "It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
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My nursing jills all lost weight when I was feeding kibble, even if they only had 5-6 kits. Once I switched to a natural raw/whole prey diet, they not only kept their weight and condition (and that includes jills who raised 10 or more kits) but the kits were in much better weight and condition, as well.
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Kibble fed ferrets are always moderately dehydrated at best as they can't drink sufficient water to make up for the lack of moisture in kibble...which has the same amount of moisture content as cardboard.
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While dogs are carnivores, they do produce amylase (needed to process starchy carbohydrates into simple sugars) which is added in the pancreas and small intestine. Ferrets are obligate carnivores as their digestive systems lack the physiology to process plant matter. Plus, there appears to be a strong link between a high carbohydrate diet (such as kibble) and the development of insulinoma in ferrets.
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There's a quote I've found to be very accurate: "Ferrets survive on kibble, they thrive on raw." I switched from feeding top quality kibble more than 15 years ago to feeding a raw/whole prey diet. Not only did the overall condition of the adults improve, as well as their coats and muscling, but I was amazed at how much better the kits developed on a natural diet. You are aware, I hope, that day old chicks don't have any nutritional value.
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Sounds like she may have a uterine infection. Ask the vet if the antibiotic works for that.
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Jills usually start shedding their coat around 4 weeks or so after they've been mated. The blue tint is the new coat under the skin.
