EURO KITS

[diggermad 154]

just an update on my missus european kits doing well dark already twice the size of my mates ferret kits not had a look yet very hard with the mother trying to take your fingers off so will have to wait a little longer before i get pics they get as far as the nest door then mother drags them back in the father euro is a monster so may get a few big hobs hopefully also think the jills will be a fair size as the mother is big thanks for reading charlie

[masmiffy 82]

Are these 'Euro' ferts known to be nasty then?

 

In all the years I have kept ferts, and it is a good few years, I have never had a jill bite or be nasty when they have had kits!

I have always handled kits right from the start, often the 2nd day!

At present both my jills have kits and are laying together.

The kits, now 41/2 weeks old, even come out of the nest to me when i feed up!

[diggermad 154]

the jill was when we 1st got her then with all the handling shes great now shes had the kits shes quite bad not got me yet but sure she will 1 day cheers charlie

[Brimmer 220]

Hi Charlie, i'm interested in your plans for the euro's, i.e working or pet plans? Sure they will look the business but dubious of whether they will be an easily handled animal.

 

As you know I understand the in's and out's of the working ferret, and have found some of the slickest of polecats a touch slick to handle when out in the field due to instinct.

 

The feral ferrets living out on the hills are way beyond any kind of taming, some albino's, some a light polecat colour, all capable of living in the wild, these are probs a generation or two down the line from captivity. these are the best part of useless, do not socialise with any other ferret and skulk around offering nothing to the table.

 

I'd ask to know of the progress of the euros in the future Charlie, hope it's positive, but suspect you have bred a litter of caged pets.

[socks 32,253]

just an update on my missus european kits doing well dark already twice the size of my mates ferret kits not had a look yet very hard with the mother trying to take your fingers off so will have to wait a little longer before i get pics they get as far as the nest door then mother drags them back in the father euro is a monster so may get a few big hobs hopefully also think the jills will be a fair size as the mother is big thanks for reading charlie

 

what a load of bullshit ... at a week old your kits will be little pink things that couldnt move more than a few inches from their mothers tits ... allready dark and trying to get out of the nest box .. for fcuks sake stop talking shit ............

[diggermad 154]

Hi mate sorry to disappoint you but i know what i saw they are over 2 ins in length and a very dark grey maybe i should go to specsavers as i havenť been for a while thanks for your comment though charlie

[socks 32,253]

listen fella you are not the first person to breed a litter of polecats ... i bred my first litter over 20

years ago and have tried the silly experiment on a few occasions since. i know for a FACT that they will still

be pink at a week old and NO WAY will they be heading out of the nest box FACT ........

[ferret lady 73]

I've had several hybrid litters in the past few years, and saw the same things as Diggermad, ie, gray coats at a week old and moving around quite well.

 

I currently have a 4 week old litter from two captive bred polecats. Their coats were a light gray by the time they were 2 days old, a medium to dark gray at a week old, and are now a very dark brown to almost black at 4 weeks. I had to move them into a box they couldn't climb out of by the time they were a week old as they were trying to follow their dam out of the nest whenever she left to eat or drink.

[socks 32,253]

a greyish coat is completely different to ''well dark'' at a week old and there is no way ANY ferret kit no

matter of cross or hybrid is going to be able to follow its mother about at that age FACT ........

[Ideation 8,216]

I've had several hybrid litters in the past few years, and saw the same things as Diggermad, ie, gray coats at a week old and moving around quite well.

 

I currently have a 4 week old litter from two captive bred polecats. Their coats were a light gray by the time they were 2 days old, a medium to dark gray at a week old, and are now a very dark brown to almost black at 4 weeks. I had to move them into a box they couldn't climb out of by the time they were a week old as they were trying to follow their dam out of the nest whenever she left to eat or drink.

 

 

How come you are breeding so many ferrets, and hybrids? Have you worked the two captive bred poleys that you have bred this litter from???? Just curious.

[ferret lady 73]

there is no way ANY ferret kit no matter of cross or hybrid is going to be able to follow its mother about at that age FACT ........

 

NOT a fact, as I've seen it on numerous occasions.

 

I'm also curious about your statement that they are still pink at a week old. The kits in all my ferret litters had white coats by the time they were 2-3 days old. They were all sables (polecat color and markings) from a background free of the dilute color and white markings, but I've never heard of even those colors not having a white coat by the time they were a week old.

[ferret lady 73]

How come you are breeding so many ferrets, and hybrids? Have you worked the two captive bred poleys that you have bred this litter from???? Just curious.

 

I'm in the US and have been breeding 1-2 litters a year since 1999. I got my first hybrids in 2004. I wish I had the opportunity to work these two captive bred polecats, as they both show every indication that they would be good workers, ie, strong hunting instincts and excellent temperaments. They both come when they're called and have never shown any inclination to bite or nip. I imported them last fall at a year and a half old.

[2bob 9]

i'm with sock's on this one. i've got a litter of six kit's that are two an a half week's old now an they ain't following the jill about.

[Ideation 8,216]

How come you are breeding so many ferrets, and hybrids? Have you worked the two captive bred poleys that you have bred this litter from???? Just curious.

 

I'm in the US and have been breeding 1-2 litters a year since 1999. I got my first hybrids in 2004. I wish I had the opportunity to work these two captive bred polecats, as they both show every indication that they would be good workers, ie, strong hunting instincts and excellent temperaments. They both come when they're called and have never shown any inclination to bite or nip. I imported them last fall at a year and a half old.

 

 

The first four words explain.

[Ideation 8,216]

i'm with sock's on this one. i've got a litter of six kit's that are two an a half week's old now an they ain't following the jill about.

 

 

Aye, i got a litter that were born on the 19th May, and they have only started having a mooch about the next box in the last couple of days and have not shown in the main run yet.