Dead ferrerts

[brainy 223]

In the last month month I've found two of my jills dead in nest box they were about two year old. They were fine the day before they died it came out of the blue has anyone experienced this

[Kay 3,709]

I have in the past experienced ferrets dying in this way .. fine one min then you next go to them & one has gone ...

[TAXI DRIVER 549]

You should have given them a vasectomised hob to take them out of season.Jills will remain in season untill served and will produce too mucch oestrogen which will kill them.I would say this is probably what`s happened to yours.Have they been mated to a vasectomised hob or had kits this year?

[stubby 175]

You should have given them a vasectomised hob to take them out of season.Jills will remain in season untill served and will produce too mucch oestrogen which will kill them.I would say this is probably what`s happened to yours.Have they been mated to a vasectomised hob or had kits this year?

 

and this is how the rumours start about jills dying if not mated, people making assumtions

[The one 8,493]

Thats the way with animals fine one minute gone the next

[TAXI DRIVER 549]

You should have given them a vasectomised hob to take them out of season.Jills will remain in season untill served and will produce too mucch oestrogen which will kill them.I would say this is probably what`s happened to yours.Have they been mated to a vasectomised hob or had kits this year?

 

and this is how the rumours start about jills dying if not mated, people making assumtions

 

I was trying to help the bloke and rule out a few things that may have caused the deaths.Have you got any advice he may benefit from?

[The one 8,493]

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='TAXI DRIVER' date='09 August 2010 - 10:16 AM' timestamp='1281345390' post='1666688']

You should have given them a vasectomised hob to take them out of season.Jills will remain in season untill served and will produce too mucch oestrogen which will kill them.I would say this is probably what`s happened to yours.Have they been mated to a vasectomised hob or had kits this year?

 

 

and this is how the rumours start about jills dying if not mated, people making assumtions

 

 

I was trying to help the bloke and rule out a few things that may have caused the deaths.Have you got any advice he may benefit from?

 

But unless he gets a autopsy done he will never know for sure and there could be a hundred reason's they died

[TAXI DRIVER 549]

You`re right there could be 100`s of causes of their deaths but the fact only his jills have died led me to offer some help/suggestions(which the bloke was asking for).

[brainy 223]

You should have given them a vasectomised hob to take them out of season.Jills will remain in season untill served and will produce too mucch oestrogen which will kill them.I would say this is probably what`s happened to yours.Have they been mated to a vasectomised hob or had kits this year?

This is wat I first thought mate haven't put any of my jills in kit this season my other four jills are fine fingers crossed atb mate

[mickmck 716]

i had my gill and hob died exactlly the same way . ok one day then dead the next both curled up in their nest box , i have been told its a form of airbourne distemper , dont know how true this is ??

[stubby 175]

.Have you got any advice he may benefit from?

 

animals die for the weirdest of reason, simply, unless he wants to pay for an autopsy to check why, then he'll never know then answer, he could get 100 different reason left on this post, but he'll never be given a deffinent answer from anyone but a vet

 

I replied to your post because, it's yet again a statement saying that if jills are not mated/taken out of season, they WILL die, which in my eye's is not correct

[tote 856]

You should have given them a vasectomised hob to take them out of season.Jills will remain in season untill served and will produce too mucch oestrogen which will kill them.I would say this is probably what`s happened to yours.Have they been mated to a vasectomised hob or had kits this year?

 

and this is how the rumours start about jills dying if not mated, people making assumtions

 

I was trying to help the bloke and rule out a few things that may have caused the deaths.Have you got any advice he may benefit from?

 

You weren't ruling anything out in your post mate, you were telling him what he should have done [vasectomised hob] . Then you said them remaining in season is "probably" what killed them. As Stubby wrote you were making assumptions and that is exactly how rumours start.

 

I've noticed over the past couple of months there have been quite a few threads about ferrets dying, some have had kits others have been taken out of season so tell me what did they die of?

 

Read Mickmck's post, he had a hob and a jill die, pity they they weren't both jills as we'd know the cause of death then.

[jarv5116 57]

You should have given them a vasectomised hob to take them out of season.Jills will remain in season untill served and will produce too mucch oestrogen which will kill them.I would say this is probably what`s happened to yours.Have they been mated to a vasectomised hob or had kits this year?

 

and this is how the rumours start about jills dying if not mated, people making assumtions

 

I was trying to help the bloke and rule out a few things that may have caused the deaths.Have you got any advice he may benefit from?

You weren't ruling anything out in your post mate, you were telling him what he should have done [vasectomised hob] . Then you said them remaining in season is "probably" what killed them. As Stubby wrote you were making assumptions and that is exactly how rumours start.

 

I've noticed over the past couple of months there have been quite a few threads about ferrets dying, some have had kits others have been taken out of season so tell me what did they die of?

 

Read Mickmck's post, he had a hob and a jill die, pity they they weren't both jills as we'd know the cause of death then.

Edited August 9, 2010 by jarv5116

[jarv5116 57]

Lads and lasses whats the score with the vasectmised hob in with jills

I had ferrets for years and my dad and older generations had them too! they neva had no probs!

And 10 years ago I cant think of anyone who ever had a vasectonised hob!

and all the jills were fine then.

Will the jills generaly die after year or two if not bred?

[Malt 379]

Lads and lasses whats the score with the vasectmised hob in with jills

I had ferrets for years and my dad and older generations had them too! they neva had no probs!

And 10 years ago I cant think of anyone who ever had a vasectonised hob!

and all the jills were fine then.

Will the jills generaly die after year or two if not bred?

 

No..