Kits Eyes Opened ?

[foxtails 272]

its been 3 weeks 3 days and theyr eyes are still closed ? i thought they opened after 3 weeks ? iv picked my 1 out of the litter that im keeping, its the 1st one out of the nest everytime, its eaten a bit of wet dog food, its the strongest out of the lot, brilliant worker i can feel it. how long does it take for theyr eyes to open ? atb foxtails

[AirgunGuy 362]

Mine were 4 weeks yesterday and the eyes are still closed. Checked online and its between 4-6 weeks. Mine are crawling around and starting to suck away at their mothers food

[jamesmc 582]

they will come good....atb....

[GreyRake 108]

Might be bull shit, but read earlier the eyes can open earlier if they are handled more, strange fact.

[GreyRake 108]

Just to back me up Scroll down to - The life cycle of the ferrets eyes.

 

http://www.cypresskeep.com/Ferretfiles/Body-Eyes-FM.htm

 

But found the whole page interesting.

[Jamie m 668]

Normally 5 weeks or just before ,

[AirgunGuy 362]

My kits eyes just starting to open now @ 4 weeks 2 days old

[Andrew Beirne 78]

my kits are now 5 weeks and 5 days and 4 out of the 6 are fully open which are all polecats and the sandy jills just opened fully tonight but the albinos still arent fully open

[foxtails 272]

Just to back me up Scroll down to - The life cycle of the ferrets eyes.

 

http://www.cypresskeep.com/Ferretfiles/Body-Eyes-FM.htm

 

But found the whole page interesting.

yep i too found that page intresting, by this tuesday my kits will be 28 days old so anytime from thursday onwards for theyr eyes to open, iv handled a certain kit alot so hopefully his eyes will open sooner,