kitts without tails

[jetwhippet 14]

all my kitts wer born without tails anyone came across this before? and no the hob and gill are not related?????

[Jamie m 668]

How old are they mate

[Kay 3,709]

obviously a birth defect , I wouldn't breed from the same ferrets again & certainly wouldn't breed from any of the kits if they survive

 

Because some sad twat somewhere will find a market for '' manx'' ferrets

[marty42 18]

i had a ferret born last year,it was missing one foot.the rest of the ferrets were grand

[jetwhippet 14]

obviously a birth defect , I wouldn't breed from the same ferrets again & certainly wouldn't breed from any of the kits if they survive

 

Because some sad twat somewhere will find a market for '' manx'' ferrets

i now its a birth defect as ive had a kitt born without a tail before but its very unusual for the whole litter not to have tails

[jetwhippet 14]

How old are they mate

they wer born last wednesday

[The one 8,513]

Need to wait till there older and see if they get about okay ,it may be a spinal problem rather than just the tail. No chance the jill ate them when she was cleaning them?.

[Ideation 8,216]

You said you had one before mate? Were the jill and hob then the same or related to the jill and hob you used this time? Really weird for it to be the whole litter.

[f mac 40]

i took a young jill off a boy it had no tail and a deformed back leg made a great pet , so just watch them ..

[martnmagik 68]

i took a big hob off a lad on here with no tail he gets around like any other ferret and grafts like a trooper

[f mac 40]

obviously a birth defect , I wouldn't breed from the same ferrets again & certainly wouldn't breed from any of the kits if they survive

 

Because some sad twat somewhere will find a market for '' manx'' ferrets

manx ferrets then greyhound manx ferrets :laugh:

[ferret lady 73]

It's not uncommon for the jill to overclean the kits and take off part of the tail or a foot, especially if it's a first time mother and/or she's stressed. That seems much more likely than that the whole litter was born with a genetic defect. You might check with the breeder(s) of the parents to see if this was seen in any of their littermates. In case this is a genetic defect, rather than an overzealous dam, I agree that none of the kits should be bred from and I'd recommend researching the background of the parents before breeding from either one of them again.

[tubba 38]

I was given a ferret by a bloke which had no tail. He said they were born with tails but the mother had ate them off while cleaning the kits . This was her first litter.

[dogger 100]

I was given a ferret by a bloke which had no tail. He said they were born with tails but the mother had ate them off while cleaning the kits . This was her first litter.

i had 1 out of 18 kits which had a shorter tail im taking it that the jill bit it by mistake whilst cleaning the kits it went to a pet home so all good think they called her stumpy