ferret had kit and didnt no

[loveferreting 2]

hi guy i am a bit worried about my kit and jill, i went in to the box and took her out and held her and i saw the kits when i put her back in, will she eat them now she is really tame

 

thank guy

[Guest alcapone]

No she wont eat them mate,i handle my jills all the time when the kits are on the ground,but i dont bother with the kits til they leave the nest.

[loveferreting 2]

its just when i put her back in she was sniffing them so i just cloesed my hutch door so i dont no weather she has eaten any ,might there be a couple eaten

[Ferret mad Dave 65]

You shud here them squeaking matey

[loveferreting 2]

no i didnt mate

[vduben 55]

take her out and have another nosey, she shouldnt eat them.......sometimes like all animals they can tho

[ferret333 747]

Feed her mate in the mesh part and while shes eating have a nosey

[The one 8,551]

Only you should really know your ferret do you think she will eat them ??. if your in doubt leave her well alone till they start spilling out the nest box .

[DogMagic 461]

She went to sniff them to make sure there ok, her kits are a VERY big thing in her life right now and she was apart from them for a while so when she got back she went to make sure they were ok, when she sniffed them there was no strange scents on them (because you didnt touch them did you) so she will have no reason to kill them, she will be happily letting them suckle instead.

[loveferreting 2]

She went to sniff them to make sure there ok, her kits are a VERY big thing in her life right now and she was apart from them for a while so when she got back she went to make sure they were ok, when she sniffed them there was no strange scents on them (because you didnt touch them did you) so she will have no reason to kill them, she will be happily letting them suckle instead.

 

no i didnt touch them mate

[loveferreting 2]

and also they are in a bed sheet cause thats what she normally sleeps in i would of took it out but will it suffercate then the bed sheet

[Kay 3,709]

and also they are in a bed sheet cause thats what she normally sleeps in i would of took it out but will it suffercate then the bed sheet

 

Leave her be she will be fine . just feed & wwater her & let the jill do the rest

[loveferreting 2]

kay

 

 

will the kits be okay with the sheet as bedding or will some die cause i am worried, i have also coverd the top hutch where she is in with a blanket so she in the dark

 

the next day i was goin to clean her hutch out how can i do that

 

thank you guys

[DogMagic 461]

kay

 

 

will the kits be okay with the sheet as bedding or will some die cause i am worried, i have also coverd the top hutch where she is in with a blanket so she in the dark

 

the next day i was goin to clean her hutch out how can i do that

 

thank you guys

Mate sheets are ok, not ideal but there ok and in any case its to late now to be worrying about it. If you disturb her now (by destroying the nest and replacing it) she will kill the kits. Its not so bad anyway so stop worrying.

 

As for cleaning the hutch out i wouldnt bother. Use a scraper to get the shit and piss soaked wood shavings out and replace them with fresh, she wont mind that. Just leave the nest alone.

[The one 8,551]

While your feeding her clean out the corner she craps in ,and don't be tempted to over feed her and let her carry some threw to the kits where it will go off ,