jills in season

[sniffer 167]

i have just aquired three jill ferets and have been told that if not mated they can die, ive heard of a hob who has been snipped put across them gets them out of season ive also heard of jabs for the jills about fifteen quid each i think....is there any other way that avoids paying if i have to i will but just asking before they do come into season so im prepared :whistle:

[the fezz 44]

hi mate iam not to sure about jabs , you can put a sniped hob over them but my mate did just that and ended up with lots of kits

apparently the snip doesnt always work

[reynardhunter 3]

i have just aquired three jill ferets and have been told that if not mated they can die, ive heard of a hob who has been snipped put across them gets them out of season ive also heard of jabs for the jills about fifteen quid each i think....is there any other way that avoids paying if i have to i will but just asking before they do come into season so im prepared :whistle:

You may not have to do anything other than keep their hutch extra clean while their in season, I have two 3yr old jills and i did,nt breed from them last season, all that happened was that they lost some weight for a couple of weeks, i gave them a tonic called collovet, its just a mild pick me up i used to use on horses, you can use it on dogs birds, etc, the reason you have to keep the bedding clean is because during the season the vulva swells up and stays that way because theres no mating taking place, it will go down itself aftera while but in the meantime its at risk of infections, my jills were perfect after a couple of weeks

[sniffer 167]

Thanks for your advice i will keep the extra clean when they do come in season, a freind of mine who said he yoused to keep ferets told me to put a brick in the cage when they come in season dont know why anyone heard that before or do you think he was talking a little bullshit??

[reynardhunter 3]

Thanks for your advice i will keep the extra clean when they do come in season, a freind of mine who said he yoused to keep ferets told me to put a brick in the cage when they come in season dont know why anyone heard that before or do you think he was talking a little bullshit??

I never heard of it sniffer, but who knows it cant do any harm, can it? good luck with them anyway

[sniffer 167]

thanks.

[ferreterno1 0]

i have bricks in my hutch they scratch them to keep their nails down one of the hobs pushes one round like a ball

[tote 870]

i have just aquired three jill ferets and have been told that if not mated they can die, ive heard of a hob who has been snipped put across them gets them out of season ive also heard of jabs for the jills about fifteen quid each i think....is there any other way that avoids paying if i have to i will but just asking before they do come into season so im prepared :whistle:

You may not have to do anything other than keep their hutch extra clean while their in season, I have two 3yr old jills and i did,nt breed from them last season, all that happened was that they lost some weight for a couple of weeks, i gave them a tonic called collovet, its just a mild pick me up i used to use on horses, you can use it on dogs birds, etc, the reason you have to keep the bedding clean is because during the season the vulva swells up and stays that way because theres no mating taking place, it will go down itself aftera while but in the meantime its at risk of infections, my jills were perfect after a couple of weeks

 

Same here I've kept ferrets for 25 years and never had a problem with in season jills.

Like reynardhunter says keep them clean and it's highly unlikely you will have any problems.

It seems to be the in thing these days to either have the jills spayed,jabbed or mated by an

infertile hob.

 

 

Thanks for your advice i will keep the extra clean when they do come in season, a freind of mine who said he yoused to keep ferets told me to put a brick in the cage when they come in season dont know why anyone heard that before or do you think he was talking a little bullshit??

 

I have a piece of rough sandstone in each hutch but that is for their nails which I still have to

trim with the clippers.

[sniffer 167]

thanks again

[devvo 0]

As you lads know, we put our hob in ith ours jills to take um out of season, only one jill had kits, the other didnt. Will we be ok leaving them this year with clean bedding etc