dicky82 1 Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 a friend of mine had three jills and one hob. when his jills came into season he left them with the hob. one of the jills came into season alot sooner than the other two. he was expecting her to have kits four weeks ago but two weeks ago she came back into season. ???? then his other two jills were due to have kits from saterday on. he had them housed alone to allow them to get settled and have their kits in peace. i called up to him today to see if there was any arrivals over the weekend and he told me that on friday evening he noticed a bloodish discharge coming from one of the jills vaginas. he thought that this was the start of birthing process. when he went out to them on saterday morning his jill was dead with no sign of any kits. . . he then tells me that last night the other jill had the same discharge and again when he went out this morning that jill was dead too with no sign of any kits. both jills were healthy, had good weight on them and were active in their hutches up until the end. he told me that they were not off their food nor were they showing any signs of anything being wrong. he is now fretting ove his third jill and wonders if the same thing is going to happen. does anyone have any ideas as to what could have happened here, do jills die during birth? has anyone ever heard of this happening before? all helpful replies welcome thanks. Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 a friend of mine had three jills and one hob. when his jills came into season he left them with the hob. one of the jills came into season alot sooner than the other two. he was expecting her to have kits four weeks ago but two weeks ago she came back into season. ???? then his other two jills were due to have kits from saterday on. he had them housed alone to allow them to get settled and have their kits in peace. i called up to him today to see if there was any arrivals over the weekend and he told me that on friday evening he noticed a bloodish discharge coming from one of the jills vaginas. he thought that this was the start of birthing process. when he went out to them on saterday morning his jill was dead with no sign of any kits. . . he then tells me that last night the other jill had the same discharge and again when he went out this morning that jill was dead too with no sign of any kits. both jills were healthy, had good weight on them and were active in their hutches up until the end. he told me that they were not off their food nor were they showing any signs of anything being wrong. he is now fretting ove his third jill and wonders if the same thing is going to happen. does anyone have any ideas as to what could have happened here, do jills die during birth? has anyone ever heard of this happening before? all helpful replies welcome thanks. cut one open see if there were any kits, if not possible womb infection. Quote Link to post
Sorley x 32 Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 It sounds a little like it could be toxemia, it can occur in stinkers but is pretty rare. Usually either jills are carrying a lot of young and or ther has been a change in diet or they have missed some feeds. Tell him to give his third Jill as much good grub as he can DEF not the dried stuff. Pigeons are perfect. Let them have an egg as well. Let us know how he gets on Good luck. Quote Link to post
dicky82 1 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 we cut one open today. fifteen little ones inside. also he has changed from meat to dry food due to flies in this weather, so this could lend creedence to your theory. should he go back on the meat asap? or is it just because they were carring so many kits? the other jill was equally as swelled as the one we opened up and both were quite small jills. Quote Link to post
Sorley x 32 Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) we cut one open today. fifteen little ones inside. also he has changed from meat to dry food due to flies in this weather, so this could lend creedence to your theory. should he go back on the meat asap? or is it just because they were carring so many kits? the other jill was equally as swelled as the one we opened up and both were quite small jills. The more kits a jill is carrying the greater the load on her body, given what you have said IE numbers of kits and change in diet I would almost certainly say toxemia is the cause. Get her back on meat ASAP, if your mate is worried about flies feed smaller portions more frequently and get a Red Top fly trap: RED TOP FLY TRAPS Edited May 18, 2011 by Sorley x Quote Link to post
dicky82 1 Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 we cut one open today. fifteen little ones inside. also he has changed from meat to dry food due to flies in this weather, so this could lend creedence to your theory. should he go back on the meat asap? or is it just because they were carring so many kits? the other jill was equally as swelled as the one we opened up and both were quite small jills. The more kits a jill is carrying the greater the load on her body, given what you have said IE numbers of kits and change in diet I would almost certainly say toxemia is the cause. Get her back on meat ASAP, if your mate is worried about flies feed smaller portions more frequently and get a Red Top fly trap: RED TOP FLY TRAPS thanks for the help and the link. will let you know if his other jill has any trouble. Quote Link to post
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