Rake aboot 4,936 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Coats at 2/3 days old !! what a load of crap! Some numpties on here like,, Quote Link to post
ferret lady 73 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 The first four words explain. I thought it would. It might also explain why I've been able to observe my litters much more closely. Quote Link to post
socks 32,253 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Ferret lady I have been breeding ferrets since 1981 and not to look at but to work and believe me my well bred strong worker to worker bred kits have never been able to follow their mother around at a week old ..... I first bred a true wild polecat hybrid way back in 1989 from a male polecat that I caught back to one of my jills ... it killed the first Jill I tried it with but then was successfull with the second ... it wasn't until I bred them down to three quarter crosses that they were ant good for working .... but what do I know eh 1 Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 The first four words explain. I thought it would. It might also explain why I've been able to observe my litters much more closely. WHh would you be able to observe your litters much more closely due to being American? Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 The first four words explain. I thought it would. It might also explain why I've been able to observe my litters much more closely. WHh would you be able to observe your litters much more closely due to being American? I was going to ask that also, maybe there kept indoors or summat but it never stopped me observing mine being housed outdoors , who knows Quote Link to post
Big red 1990 16 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Ive had my poley n poley crosses bolting young rabbits since they were 4 days old. As they was moving around the hutch so well and even doin pull ups. Ffs get a grip. Quote Link to post
ferret lady 73 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 First of all, I suggest those who took exception to my comment that the kits were trying to follow their dam out of the nest not interpret that to mean that I said they were following her around. Some of them crawled out of the nest after her...is that really so hard to understand?? Polecat and hybrid kits are much more active than ferret kits by the time they're a few days old. Like most US private breeders, my litters are born indoors and I watch them closely from birth on. The kits are handled regularly as soon as the jill is comfortable with it, usually by the time the kits are a week old. Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Kerching kerching Quote Link to post
The one 8,585 Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 ='Jamie m' timestamp='1308123696' post='2107565'] Kerching kerching Aye sounds like it Quote Link to post
Big red 1990 16 Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 More like the jill knocked them out of the box as she was going for some food Quote Link to post
f mac 40 Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 i'm with sock's on this one. i've got a litter of six kit's that are two an a half week's old now an they ain't following the jill about. Aye, i got a litter that were born on the 19th May, and they have only started having a mooch about the next box in the last couple of days and have not shown in the main run yet. mine r 3 weeks old on sat and only just started moving about,they pink for the 1st week then started to coat up Quote Link to post
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