Remove the hob?

[Bunny Boiler 177]

So, my Jills are set to give birth in about a week, and I was wondering if I should remove the hob from the Jills and their kits? This is my first litter and want to know is it safe to leave him in with them?

Also, at what age should I start handling them? I want to make sure they're well handled, but don't want to put the mother off tending to them.

 

Cheers, Bunny.

[The one 8,511]

You should know your ferrets mate but as its a first litter take the hob out . I like to leave them till there tumbling out the nest box and then the jills pissed off running about putting them back i pick them up handle them and put them back .

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

You should know your ferrets mate but as its a first litter take the hob out . I like to leave them till there tumbling out the nest box and then the jills pissed off running about putting them back i pick them up handle them and put them back .

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[max abell 196]

Take the hob away mate so she can have her kitts in peace regards handling them there are different oppinions on this but as already said if it's your 1st litter leave them untill you see them start coming out the sleeping compartment GOOD LUCK with them mate

[Guest vin]

get the hob out and seperate the Jills..don't leave 2 jills in one nest box..your asking for trouble.

[brainy 223]

i agree with vin i always put jills in there own hutch to have kits

[Bunny Boiler 177]

The problem I have is separating them... I'm at college and want the kits, but I can't separate them easily. The cage is an old aviary and is huge though, with plenty of space... I can walk in it... Would this affect me splitting them up?

[The one 8,511]

Im the same mate ive only one litter out of six jills but if they all had litters the garden would be full of hutches .im for leaving two to a hutch to have there litters .If there mated at the same time ,they should drop them at the same time i cant honestly say its been a problem in the past . It may be a problem for two first time mothers so if i had a choice i would plump for a older jill and a younger jill housed together .But one year i had two jills giving birth and a fortnight later a third jill dropped hers into the pile and i honestly dont know if i lost any but as the litters grew you could see a big difference in size so the younger third litter where coping and were raised successfully

[socks 32,253]

I have bred 4 Jill's at once and left them all together including the job and had Ono problem and I handle the kits at 2 days of age with no problem BUT all ferrets are different and you need to know your ferrets to make your own mind up ..... The snipped hob I have here at the moment is a better mother than the Jill's apart from feeding them milk of course and I leave him in when I breed a litter ...... As I said you know your ferrets and if they are a happy sociable lot then leave them together .........

[james95 18]

probibly take the hob out or sometimes they eat the kits.

[Sky09 8]

better safe than sorry mate take the advice