sambo123 683 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Someone once told me that he bred his ferrets at the same time and left them to give birth in the same cage and rear their young together and it worked with no problems. Just wondered if this is the case as i have bred my two jills at exactly the same time and they're both pregnant and have about 2 weeks to go before their due date. Shall i leave them together to get on with it or should they be separated? Cheers, Sam. Quote Link to post
ryangolding 4 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 i wouldnt mate, i had it once, i came home from work to find that my jill had her kits very early, whilst in the jill court, they was only one kit left, the rest had been eaten, gutting!!!! so to be on the safe side i wouldnt mate. Quote Link to post
The one 8,585 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Id leave them together i was always in favor of them helping each other out and i didn't want to fill the garden with hutches .but if your going to separate them do it now so they can settle down in there last week Quote Link to post
romany52 313 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 I would separate them , Iv'e seen it done successfully but my theory is that, in amongst all that competition, the smaller jill kits will find it the hardest to survive. I prefer to mate them at the same time and separate them, then if the litters are unbalanced in number, I will even them out by fostering. Quote Link to post
Leeview 792 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 i wouldnt mate, i had it once, i came home from work to find that my jill had her kits very early, whilst in the jill court, they was only one kit left, the rest had been eaten, gutting!!!! so to be on the safe side i wouldnt mate. How many had been eaten? not unknown for a jill to have a single kit Y.I.S Leeview Quote Link to post
WAR PIG 0 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 done it with 3 jills this year and had 24 young all ok Quote Link to post
djwarner 16 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 1 ov my gills had 6 and the other gill who is a micro gave birth 2 just 1 it 3 weeks old today the kit is about size of my fum and she is fully ferd Quote Link to post
ryangolding 4 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 i wouldnt mate, i had it once, i came home from work to find that my jill had her kits very early, whilst in the jill court, they was only one kit left, the rest had been eaten, gutting!!!! so to be on the safe side i wouldnt mate. How many had been eaten? not unknown for a jill to have a single kit Y.I.S Leeview not sure mate, all i know is there was a lot of blood in the bed box so i presumed that they had been eaten. Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 they will be fine togeather they even suckle each others if you put a couple of boxs in the will spend ages moving the kits from box to box Quote Link to post
The one 8,585 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Im getting hell for having four hutches just now ,and we put two jills to the hobs last week ,so i will need to figure something out but they will be left together Quote Link to post
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