Loss Kits

[Cannyboy 34]

Just wondered if many of you other lads have lost Jill's and kits this year... We lost 1 Jill and her litter and lost half other Jill's litter... 3 local lads to me also lost Jill and kits always same symptoms Jill glazy runny eyes dead within 3/4 days and kits all around 3 weeks of age..

[stealthy1 3,964]

No!

[Stretch177 39]

So a few lads have had it happen, but nobody has decided to get them checked out?? Fook me!!!

[Cannyboy 34]

Lost our Jill first within few days of showing bit of glazy eyes she was gone.....only learned of the other boys loseing theirs afterwards... Not sure if any of them had Jill's checked out.... Just wondered if anyone on here had any ideas??? I'm sure we are not the first to lose Jill through breeding and no doubt we won't be the last...

[foxtails 272]

nope, my jill had 9 kits and lost 1 but thats it ?

[Cannyboy 34]

Cheers mate... My other Jill had 6 they all fine.. Just wondered if it was something going around locally to me or if anyone else had same experience this year...

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I had 2 Jill's pregnant, one had 10 and one had 5, 2 from the litter of 10 died on day 1 and 1 from the litter of 5 died on day 2.

 

Then the Jill who had 10 died on day 14. I was gutted. No symptoms. Just found her stone dead.

 

Luckily the other Jill reared all 12 with a little help.

[ftm 3,357]

mate up here just lost full litter -billy

[Cannyboy 34]

Same here mate only symptoms our Jill showed was glazy eyes for couple of days.. She was eating fine and drinking.. Then went in one morning and she was dead.. I just thought we was unlucky with her but since I've spoken to few boys local to us and they also lost few Jill's and kits this year with same kind of symptoms..

[ferret lady 73]

It's possible that the jills' symptoms were due to hypocalcemia. Have a vet run a blood calcium test ASAP and treat accordingly.