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[cometa300s 20]

hello all i am going to be a bit cheeky and as if some one could help me with a little plan of how to rear my kitts day by day (food,water)......how long to leave them befor going near the cage ect.

 

i have been reading a couple of posts and this doesnt sound as easy.

 

thanks for any help

 

all the best liam

[stealthy1 3,964]

Just leave your jill to get on with it, she knows what she's doing, I dont touch my kits until they leave the nest, unless there's a problem.

[welshhound2 20]

Just leave your jill to get on with it, she knows what she's doing, I dont touch my kits until they leave the nest, unless there's a problem.

same here sound advice and as much food as the jill can eat

[para1 11]

As above mate, start fiddling and you will get problems.Lots of good food and fresh water is all that is required from you.

[The one 8,595]

Same here leave well alone till they start crawling out the nest box when your putting the jills food in roughly three weeks then i start putting a half rabbit in the nest box for them and that seems to satisify them and they dont crawl out so much but then they start crapping in the nest box and youv'e got to clean that out .

[cometa300s 20]

thanks guys will it be a problem feeding the jills while ive gt a cage that opens from the top?

 

thanks again liam

[cometa300s 20]

oh and is it a problem leaving the two jills together pregnant

 

all the best liam

[The one 8,595]

Nope to both questions mate

[cometa300s 20]

thanks again mate

[ade33uk 86]

thanks guys will it be a problem feeding the jills while ive gt a cage that opens from the top?

 

thanks again liam

 

I once lost a jill through a top openeing cage, i was showing someone the kits which were ready to leave the mother , and as i closed the lid she jumped up over the bedding divider . i didnt hear her make a sound and when i went back to check later she was squashed over the diveder , broke my heart the thought that i had left her like that for a couple of hours , cost me a fortune in vets bills but she died the next day best little jill i ever had .

[cometa300s 20]

bad news that mate i always take my time closing the lid just hope all goes well

 

all the best liam

[ferreter.al 22]

oh and is it a problem leaving the two jills together pregnant

 

all the best liam

alrite mate,i would seperate the jills (but i do belive some people wouldnt) put plenty of food in and not go near for the first couple of days.iv had 2 litters at the min.one two days old and the other is 6.i will go into the week old ones tomorow just to clean the jills mess up and that but i woant go near the kits until they leave the nest but i would definitly seperate them.atb with your kits

[The one 8,595]

Simple answer with a top opening hutch is run 6/8 inches of wire round the top of the inside of the hutch i do this when ive got anybody looking after my ferrets as they cant climb over it and fall back inside the cage ,It must happen more than folk let on as ive had two jills from differnt guys and they have been docked by the lids slaming down on top opening hutches