HANNIBAL LECTOR FERRET

[tango 221]

Came home this evening and went round to the ferret shed to check them,in it is two hobs and a jill,the black eyed white hob and poley jill were not there or so i thought,i started to search round the yard through the dog pens and boxes and nothing,then i went back to the shed a half hour later and the white hob was there.scratched the head a minute,i cant see up into one of the bedding boxes from outside so i climbed in and up in the box was the jill,stone dead with her chest ate.the white hob was obviously in there with her so it must have been him,when i lifted her she was still slightly warm and wasnt stiff but there wasnt any blood on his nose or anywhere.the jill is in there with him since she was around 12 weeks and he has never done any harm to her.never ever heard of this before ,has anyone...in the run they have a stainless dog dish that is always full of alpha ferret food and they have two water bottles,

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Aye

 

have seen this in ferrets that I have rescued before. not pleasnt but then jill eat kits all the time.

 

Cannabalism occurs in lots of species in the wild,, so I wouldn`t hate the wee thing for it !!

 

The ferret I got had been starved though,, but perhaps a fight gone too far ??

 

ATB

[tango 221]

  On 21/11/2010 at 20:36, Rake aboot said:

Aye

 

have seen this in ferrets that I have rescued before. not pleasnt but then jill eat kits all the time.

 

Cannabalism occurs in lots of species in the wild,, so I wouldn`t hate the wee thing for it !!

 

The ferret I got had been starved though,, but perhaps a fight gone too far ??

 

ATB

true mate earlier in the year i had a bitch belonging to a good friend and she ate 5 of 8 of her young at 5 weeks,its been a shit year for me with the mustys, the white in question is the best ferret ive ever had so even if he gets a run on his own hes safe

[KittleRox 2,147]

Maybe the jill was week and the other one killed it before disease etc appears.Its a form of self preservation,not pleasant but the way nature works,

[ferretfatcamp 21]

no way a hob would eat a jill

[tango 221]

  On 21/11/2010 at 22:35, ferretfatcamp said:

no way a hob would eat a jill

there was two hobs 1 jill mate and the other hob was in the bottom of the run all the time.im truly gutted as the jill was first class after being very bitey when she came

[romany52 313]

  On 21/11/2010 at 21:46, roxy said:

Maybe the jill was week and the other one killed it before disease etc appears.Its a form of self preservation,not pleasant but the way nature works,

Yeh ! the hob thought she's a bit weak looking , I'll eat her quick before she catches something !

Edited November 21, 2010 by romany52

[Rake aboot 4,936]

  On 21/11/2010 at 22:35, ferretfatcamp said:

no way a hob would eat a jill

 

 

yes it would !! this one obviously has and I have seen it before !!

 

ATB

[KittleRox 2,147]

  On 21/11/2010 at 22:51, romany52 said:

  On 21/11/2010 at 21:46, roxy said:

Maybe the jill was week and the other one killed it before disease etc appears.Its a form of self preservation,not pleasant but the way nature works,

give me more than a look mate and I,ll discuss it,

[KittleRox 2,147]

  On 21/11/2010 at 22:51, romany52 said:

  On 21/11/2010 at 21:46, roxy said:

Maybe the jill was week and the other one killed it before disease etc appears.Its a form of self preservation,not pleasant but the way nature works,

Yeh ! the hob thought she's a bit weak looking , I'll eat her quick before she catches something !

I,ll put it another way,the hob doesn,t think like a human being its a ferret,

Ferrets are by nature solitary animals,when kept together unfortunately situations can and do arise,and the week will be the first to suffer,survival of the fittest,saying this good animal husbandry will often prevent these situations getting out of control,

[DogMagic 461]

  On 21/11/2010 at 23:17, roxy said:

  On 21/11/2010 at 22:51, romany52 said:

  On 21/11/2010 at 21:46, roxy said:

Maybe the jill was week and the other one killed it before disease etc appears.Its a form of self preservation,not pleasant but the way nature works,

Yeh ! the hob thought she's a bit weak looking , I'll eat her quick before she catches something !

I,ll put it another way,the hob doesn,t think like a human being its a ferret,

Ferrets are by nature solitary animals,when kept together unfortunately situations can and do arise,and the week will be the first to suffer,survival of the fittest,saying this good animal husbandry will often prevent these situations getting out of control,

 

BY NATURE SOLITARY ANIMALS?! Roxy go home, youve had enough! Ferrets certainly ARE NOT solitary animals, they love and even need company, a ferret kept alone is a very sad thing.

[KittleRox 2,147]

  On 22/11/2010 at 07:07, DogMagic said:

  On 21/11/2010 at 23:17, roxy said:

  On 21/11/2010 at 22:51, romany52 said:

  On 21/11/2010 at 21:46, roxy said:

Maybe the jill was week and the other one killed it before disease etc appears.Its a form of self preservation,not pleasant but the way nature works,

Yeh ! the hob thought she's a bit weak looking , I'll eat her quick before she catches something !

I,ll put it another way,the hob doesn,t think like a human being its a ferret,

Ferrets are by nature solitary animals,when kept together unfortunately situations can and do arise,and the week will be the first to suffer,survival of the fittest,saying this good animal husbandry will often prevent these situations getting out of control,

 

BY NATURE SOLITARY ANIMALS?! Roxy go home, youve had enough! Ferrets certainly ARE NOT solitary animals, they love and even need company, a ferret kept alone is a very sad thing.

I am home mate,ferrets are bred from wild european polecats,do you see them living in packs like dogs etc?NO!The only time a wild female polecat will seek contact with a male is when mating occurs.We have to a degree,domesticated them though and if they are well looked after they do co exist quite happily,however sometimes problems can and do arise.Its the same with all animals kept in captivity,

[Jamie m 668]

In the 80s we used to feed cows ded sheep and they never turned there noses up as horific as it was . By us I mean British farmers

Edited November 22, 2010 by Jamie m

[The one 8,529]

Could be something lacking in there diet like meat

[FightTheBan 1,147]

I once had a tiny polecat jill that was ganged up on by my other jills.

If I had not separated them they would almost certainly have killed her.

 

FTB