mother stuggling with kits

[danman 27]

ive got a jill with 10 kits and it looks like shes sruggling to feed them all shes gone really skinny and has just stopped feeding them, and there crying all the time. it looks like there getting weeker by the day. ive been hand feeding them since this morning with puppy milk. is there anything else i can do to help them out cheers danman

[The one 8,483]

How old are they ?,if there two to three weeks or older try putting some rabbit in with them

[Jamie m 668]

Ow do you know your not overreacting and she's taking a break , as said how old are kits jills do go thin when feeding there young , is the jill drinking , I put a bowl in for her with alpro soya milk , and a seperate bowl of water if she's not drinking proparly get down the vets for some rehydration powder which you mix with water , beter if poss that the jill feeds them , you need to act fast we are not trained vets

[danman 27]

ive put rabbit in and mince they just nit bothered about it yet

[moses 5]

ive put rabbit in and mince they just nit bothered about it yet

 

Try dabbing thre noses on it so they will lick there noses and get a taste for it and will hopefully start feeding from there

[Jamie m 668]

ive put rabbit in and mince they just nit bothered about it yet

How old are the kits peoe might be able to help you if you answer the questions

[andy333 0]

Just keep the jill well fed , i mean like theres always food avialable

[kevin from bristol 95]

how old are the kits?

[Jamie m 668]

:wallbash: :wallbash:

[kevin from bristol 95]

try soya milk as they will know what to do with it dipp there nose in and they will go from there don't use any other milk as it won't do em much good maybe an egg yoke mixed in if there older than 4 weeks

[Jamie m 668]

try soya milk as they will know what to do with it dipp there nose in and they will go from there don't use any other milk as it won't do em much good maybe an egg yoke mixed in if there older than 4 weeks

The bloke hasn't even said how old the kits are or anything else fir that matter since he posted :wallbash:

[danman 27]

the kits are three and a half week. ive been feeding them lactol from a bottle to help the jill out. shes got food in all the time

[socks 32,253]

as others have said at that age they should have started to eat meat ... try them again .... has the mother got plenty of water ??? .... its just as important as food .............

[danman 27]

the mothers got water and every time i go out to feed the mother i give her milk aswell. shes just bones at the minute. there is half a rabbit in at the minute for the young ferrets. the last time i went out they were feeding of the jill.

[sue 1]

i would stick her a bowl full of ferret biscuits in for her too they are high fat and she can nibble on them when she needs ,plus if she will eat mince put her some in it takes less energy to eat mince than a whole carcass ,all else i can say is keep putting food in morning and night at least double you would put in normally