Struggling with Kits

[alfhucker 4]

I've got a problem my kits are dropping lite flys I've lost 3 since last Sunday ,

First I did not have high hopes for as she was struggling and very week tried to help her but unfortunately she dies last Sunday , then I've lost one more from same litter and the largest from another litter , the kits are well looked after never short of water or food feed on alpha ferret food , also chicken , rabbit , just find it strange that I would loose the largest out of the litter . Can ony one offer any thoughts as I'm stumped .

Kits will be 6weeks and one set 7 weeks

[28xxgeo 28]

Dont mean this too be cheeky but are you watering the alpha down? And not feeding the young ones it dry? Cause have heard of young kits choking on dry food before geo

[alfhucker 4]

Yes mate it's soaked in boiling water then mashed up , left to cool then placed on a dish and given to the baby ferrets

 

[skycat 6,174]

Feed them as nature intended: whole carcases: rabbit, pigeon etc. Never lost a kit in over 30 years breeding: stay away from artificially produced foods.

[paulus 26]

dare i say heat stroke could be any number of things from bad meat to a virus just ensure all your basics are correct, hutch position for shade, clean water daily,all cleaned regular with a good disinfectant, all spoilt food is removed ect, that will only leave medical problems for you to look for.

[coneykenny 98]

tricky one alright ,remove everything from hutch and wash out.start from scratch.all answers above are correct.skycat is on the ball with feeding .and paulis is faultless

in his advice.ruling out different problems as you go.id imagine that once you you make some or all of the above changes hopefully things will pick up for you mate

is there any other adult ferrets among the kits?had to ask!

[alfhucker 4]

No other adults with kits , thanks for advice

[alfhucker 4]

I'll try to post a pic so you can see why I'm confused as there great looking kits ...

[iWorkChihuahuas 52]

i feed my kits dry, theyve never choked, but like skycat said, rabbit pigeon etc, my kits always have dry left in the hutch, but get rabbit or pigeon or mince every day, dont feed only rabbit, unless your giving skin and gut only rabbit can kill a ferret, in the meat alone it does not hold everything a ferret needs, atb

[Tug 168]

You feeding them shotgunned quarry?

[Jamie m 668]

Are you soaking the dry food ???

[Tug 168]

Are you soaking the dry food ???

At 6/7 weeks they shouldn't need the food soaking anyway.

[Jamie m 668]

Are you soaking the dry food ???

At 6/7 weeks they shouldn't need the food soaking anyway.

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[Tug 168]

Are you soaking the dry food ???

At 6/7 weeks they shouldn't need the food soaking anyway.

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The original post states that the two litters of kits are 6 and 7 weeks old. By that age they do not need the food soaking.

[Kay 3,709]

I've got a problem my kits are dropping lite flys I've lost 3 since last Sunday ,

First I did not have high hopes for as she was struggling and very week tried to help her but unfortunately she dies last Sunday , then I've lost one more from same litter and the largest from another litter , the kits are well looked after never short of water or food feed on alpha ferret food , also chicken , rabbit , just find it strange that I would loose the largest out of the litter . Can ony one offer any thoughts as I'm stumped .

Kits will be 6weeks and one set 7 weeks

 

are you using water dishes or the bottles ? and are the kits fed meat daily & then left to pick at the dry stuff ?