Whats The Best Age To Breed Ferrets At?

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<BR>You can get away with it IF your jill doesnt get an infecton a mate of mine bred 8 yes 8 litters of ferrets last year which is irraspoceable howether he left about 8 jills inseason and 4 of them got infections and ended up dead is it realy worth the risk of them dieing or worth churning out unwanted kits?<BR>I use a vasectomised hob put over them when in season takes them all out and realy reduces the risk of infection/anemia.<BR>You could get the jill jab from the vets some do it for about £3 a ferret.<BR>Or some people get them spayed all together.<BR>People who think in the old methods breeding on 2nd season or it will die ect are stuck in the past in this day and age.<BR>

 

By the sounds of it I would say there's something wrong with the conditions your mate keeps his ferrets in..

 

As Ideation says there are issues regarding the Jill jab, as well as what he wrote I've also heard of them getting tumours after getting the jab so is that really an option?

Edited August 4, 2010 by tote

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bring her out of season by the means of a vesctomised hob or jill jab, only breed her if you really need to and guarantee to find homes for all the kits, And yes they should be brought out of season otheriwse it can lead to problems later in life sometimes sooner, as the oestrogen levels buld up if not brought out of season and in some cases jills can come into season more than once in year, a friend of mine in the ferret club had his come into season twice in the space of 2 motnhs but she has now been spayed.

 

Usually when a Jill comes into season it remains in season unless it's been taken out so i'm not sure what you mean

when you say it came into season twice in two months. Had it been taken out and then came in again?

[ferretertom 7]

<BR>You can get away with it IF your jill doesnt get an infecton a mate of mine bred 8 yes 8 litters of ferrets last year which is irraspoceable howether he left about 8 jills inseason and 4 of them got infections and ended up dead is it realy worth the risk of them dieing or worth churning out unwanted kits?<BR>I use a vasectomised hob put over them when in season takes them all out and realy reduces the risk of infection/anemia.<BR>You could get the jill jab from the vets some do it for about £3 a ferret.<BR>Or some people get them spayed all together.<BR>People who think in the old methods breeding on 2nd season or it will die ect are stuck in the past in this day and age.<BR>

 

By the sounds of it I would say there's something wrong with the conditions your mate keeps his ferrets in..

 

As Ideation says there are issues regarding the Jill jab, as well as what he wrote I've also heard of them getting tumours after getting the jab so is that really an option?

You asked wether anyone did an experiment and i told you an example of what happened to a friend he obviously he didnt do it out of spite or deliberately as an experimant probly more to do with ignorance/not knowing theres also an implant ive heard about for jills and yes they will come in season twice useally.

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<BR>You can get away with it IF your jill doesnt get an infecton a mate of mine bred 8 yes 8 litters of ferrets last year which is irraspoceable howether he left about 8 jills inseason and 4 of them got infections and ended up dead is it realy worth the risk of them dieing or worth churning out unwanted kits?<BR>I use a vasectomised hob put over them when in season takes them all out and realy reduces the risk of infection/anemia.<BR>You could get the jill jab from the vets some do it for about £3 a ferret.<BR>Or some people get them spayed all together.<BR>People who think in the old methods breeding on 2nd season or it will die ect are stuck in the past in this day and age.<BR>

 

By the sounds of it I would say there's something wrong with the conditions your mate keeps his ferrets in..

 

As Ideation says there are issues regarding the Jill jab, as well as what he wrote I've also heard of them getting tumours after getting the jab so is that really an option?

You asked wether anyone did an experiment and i told you an example of what happened to a friend he obviously he didnt do it out of spite or deliberately as an experimant probly more to do with ignorance/not knowing theres also an implant ive heard about for jills and yes they will come in season twice useally.

 

 

This is the great thing with these sites, you learn something every day. I've had ferrets for more years than I care to admit yet I've never had a jill come in season then go out [unless it's been jabbed or lined] then come back in season again within two months yet I've just been told they usually come in season twice. What kind of ferrets have I had for all those years?

 

 

Regarding your mate, you said he did an experiment yet in the next line you said he didn't do it deliberatley as an experiment. Get's a bit confusing doesn't it. He's also got at least 16 jills yet you use the words ignorance and not knowing, do you not think he should read up about the welfare/needs of ferrets if he's keeping them?

[nat 8]

I had 1 of my ferrets who was a great worker bit I dint want too breed from her she was quite old ( in the past she'd bred sum fab kits (y)) I don't know if it was coz I left her in season but she started to get really week n died :/