Nice Suprise This Morning ??

[Andrew Russ 31]

Went to sort out my Gill this morning( she escaped about month while in season was found and returned to me via rspca) and as normal she came out running around having some food and water etc. while cleaning the hutch out I head some soft little squeaks and to my complete shock ten little naked blind ferrets omg immaculate conception me thinks lol as I have not put her with a hob. My only conclusion is that during her escape she found a bloke..... What a tart lol. So looks like I'm a grandad now and will have a busy time ahead. I'll try and put a pick up.

Any advice would be welcome

[pepper 45 55]

send the rspca a bill for kit maintenance lol

[Tiercel 6,986]

Went to sort out my Gill this morning( she escaped about month while in season was found and returned to me via rspca) and as normal she came out running around having some food and water etc. while cleaning the hutch out I head some soft little squeaks and to my complete shock ten little naked blind ferrets omg immaculate conception me thinks lol as I have not put her with a hob. My only conclusion is that during her escape she found a bloke..... What a tart lol. So looks like I'm a grandad now and will have a busy time ahead. I'll try and put a pick up.

Any advice would be welcome

Personally, happy for you that you got your Jill back of the RSPCA. I would suspect though that they put her in with an entire hob when they had her.

 

TC

[Andrew Russ 31]

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[Andrew Russ 31]

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[Andrew Russ 31]

I wounder if the CSA will help my case, they are screwing me over enough atm ..

souds plausable that the rspca would do something like that. and organiseation that likes to interfear in matters they know F all about most of the time.

[Tiercel 6,986]

Did you not notice that she was pregnant?

 

TC

[Andrew Russ 31]

no not at all she has actually lost weight not put any on as you would expect during a pregnancy. ive actually been feeding her back up...

[Andrew Russ 31]

she was missing for a week so the loss of weight was expected she was found about 2 miles away from my house too ??? full of ticks and a lot lot thinner than when she went.

[Andrew Russ 31]

Can you move the kits and mum into a new hutch ??

[The one 8,585]

Can you move the kits and mum into a new hutch ??

 

Aye take a shovel slide it under the nest and move the whole lot , drop in some grub for the Jill and put her into the new hutch see might sniff it all over and check it out but once she sees the kits are okay she should settle down to feed

[skycat 6,174]

Or she could panic and eat them all: it does happen. Better to leave them undisturbed until they start to explore their surroundings. But it does all depend on the jill's temperament. If she's very laid back and confident and not nervous at all it may be fine to move them: you know your jill.

[pie-eater 377]

Or she could panic and eat them all: it does happen. Better to leave them undisturbed until they start to explore their surroundings. But it does all depend on the jill's temperament. If she's very laid back and confident and not nervous at all it may be fine to move them: you know your jill.

I agree leave them undisturbed just in case she eats them.

[krawnden 1,036]

I've only ever bred from 4 different jills, so it's a statistically small sample, but of those 4, three were laid back mums that would let you do all sorts of things, but the fourth was paranoid as hell, easily upset and prone to eating her kits. If this is the first time she's had kits I'd play it safe and not interfere...

[Andrew Russ 31]

Think Ill leave her alone for a few weks untill i see the kits exploring, start feeding her in the new accomodation start the scent off.

 

Thanks guys for all the advice.