help needed

[swandog1 50]

well folks a wrote on another thread that my jill had had 10 kits but 2 had died and that both jills were in the same cage and both had been pregnant. All was going well but now out of the 8 kits that were left there is now only 1 the others have died over the last 3 days this morning when i went to check on them i discovered 3 dead and a half eatin one and 1 still alive.Now the problem is one of the jills is thin and the other is still quite fat looking but the thin 1 doesnt seem to be interested in the kit at all now that they have been separated the fatter of the two seems to be mothering the kit any advice would be great thanks. swandog

[Kay 3,709]

If the other jill has been mothering the skinny jill to the point where she has been stopping her eating which i have witnessed here several times that may account for why she is thin

 

if you have seperated them watch if she is eating , another posibility is her mouth may be sore so check it, loose tooth that kind of thing, or a bit of bone lodged in the mouth making it uncomfortable

 

Now there seperated she can be watch & you will see if she is eating or not

[ferret1 6]

As you dont know which one has eaten the kits i would have taken the last kit out and hand reared it. Ive done it a couple of times and the ferrets turn out really nice and tame.