Ferret gave birth over night

[seanb 0]

a friend of mine phoned me this morning as he went into the shed to pick up his ferrets for a days ferreting and 1 of the Jills was bullying the other and dragging her about by her neck which is strange as they all live together with the Hob that he seperates later in the year, and to his surprise he found the hob curled up with 6 KITS and the mother dragging the other Jill back to the bedding area

I have never heard of a ferret having young this early in the year before its been quite a while since i have had ferrets but i think they carry their young for about 6-7 weeks if im right that means she was mated early to mid november, what i find strange is that the hob was taking an active part in keeping the kits warm and heating them

 

Just thought i would share that with you all

Edited January 12, 2007 by seanb

[staffy-1 0]

A lad told me the other day that his ferrets have just had young uns, hes from scotland area

staffy-1

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

F*cking hell!

 

I believe some mustalids can do the old 'Delayed Implantation' trick? But I've personally never heard of it in ferrets?

 

I wonder what went on there? Hob kept his nuts longer, due to some quirk ~ maybe in the photo period he was exposed to? I'm only hazarding guesses here as I really haven't a clue! Certainly never heard of this before.

 

Has the world gone completely mad? Or has anyone a casual explanation for this? Be fasinated to hear more, if anyone out there Does know. Thanks for sharing!

[beagles 0]

ive had a jill come in season half way into the winter

[stubby 175]

having kept and bred budgerigars for many years, the idea of having youngsters in the nest box when theres snow outside isi'nt a new one, as we used electric lights to fool the birds into thinking it was summer(longer days) thus giving us youngsters for the show season, so, how many of us now have electric running to our ferts courts, me for one, so its easy to imagine that we could be fooling them into thinking the longer days are here...get breeding

[seanb 0]

just spoke to my friend and he cant believe it either as the the mother of these kits must of come in season in early to mid november and she wont be 1 herself untill june so that would mean she was only about 5 months old when they mated

[reynardhunter 3]

a friend of mine phoned me this morning as he went into the shed to pick up his ferrets for a days ferreting and 1 of the Jills was bullying the other and dragging her about by her neck which is strange as they all live together with the Hob that he seperates later in the year, and to his surprise he found the hob curled up with 6 KITS and the mother dragging the other Jill back to the bedding area

I have never heard of a ferret having young this early in the year before its been quite a while since i have had ferrets but i think they carry their young for about 6-7 weeks if im right that means she was mated early to mid november, what i find strange is that the hob was taking an active part in keeping the kits warm and heating them

 

Just thought i would share that with you all

I was out with one of my jills today and as i was putting her into the box i noticedshe had a slight discharge from her nether regions, i think she,s starting to come in to season, i never saw that before so early in the year,

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

Its all verry well with maybe artificail lighting and heaters ect but the hob was playing a part in looking after them ?????not eating them !!!

 

any pics ??

[staffy-1 0]

Wish my hob would do that, seperated him from 3 jills who had kits, the wood fell over and he killed all but 2

staffy-1

[Kay 3,709]

I agree its a tad early to be giving birth but i suppose its a warning to others not to assume last yrs jills wont come into season untill this year & its maybe best to remove any entire hobs by Novemeber at the latest

 

F*cking hell!

 

I believe some mustalids can do the old 'Delayed Implantation' trick? But I've personally never heard of it in ferrets?

 

I wonder what went on there? Hob kept his nuts longer, due to some quirk ~ maybe in the photo period he was exposed to? I'm only hazarding guesses here as I really haven't a clue! Certainly never heard of this before.

 

Has the world gone completely mad? Or has anyone a casual explanation for this? Be fasinated to hear more, if anyone out there Does know. Thanks for sharing!

 

I know lots of people keep ferrets indoors so would expect there ferrets to come into season earlier than ferrets kept outdoors and being subject to normal daylight & dark hours , but if the ferrets in question were kept outdoors then i cant think of an explanation as to why a jill kit should cop for a litter last november, but your point about delayed implantation is interesting, i think i will go and see if i can find anything on the net about that being a possibility.

[DiStuRBeD 0]

if there are near a false light source it can make them come in earlier

 

could that of been the case???

[Guest The Big Fish]

Regards to delayed implantation, as far as i am aware, the only mustelid that goes through this quirky practise is the stoat.

 

Stoats mating and fertilisation takes place in late spring-early summer followed by delayed implantation for for about 280 days until the following spring (march-april)

[Guest Frank]

Wont be long now, before we all start seeing the pics of ferret kits

 

Frank.

[IanB 0]

Regards to delayed implantation, as far as i am aware, the only mustelid that goes through this quirky practise is the stoat.

 

Stoats mating and fertilisation takes place in late spring-early summer followed by delayed implantation for for about 280 days until the following spring (march-april)

 

Badgers have delayed implantation also fish.

[billybunter 72]

Regards to delayed implantation, as far as i am aware, the only mustelid that goes through this quirky practise is the stoat.

 

Stoats mating and fertilisation takes place in late spring-early summer followed by delayed implantation for for about 280 days until the following spring (march-april)

 

Badgers have delayed implantation also fish.

 

so do pine martens

mating in july or august the female does not becomes pregnant until about january

a litter averages about three young and are born in march or april