Jill Advice Please

[samlola 0]

hi I have 2 jill's about 10months old is there any thing I need to know about them being in season thanks.

[Nick3439 83]

Keep checking them; when they look swollen get them Jill jabbed. (There are other things you can do, but if you know nothing about ferrets keep it simple); if they don't mate/get jabbed they can develop all sorts of problems and ultimately die.

 

They should be due in season roughly next month; but some are coming in sooner...

[samlola 0]

thanks do I have to jab them every time they come into season or just the once.

[albert64 1,882]

don't believe all the bollocks that if jills are unmated they die

just make sure the cage is kept really clean

and you shouldn't have any problems

[Nick3439 83]

Jab them everytime...

[ferrets88 5]

No keep the ferrets and cages clean no point in jab just another way for vets to screw you over they'll come out of season on there own

Edited March 4, 2014 by ferrets88

[vanman1 411]

Imo your taking a chance just leaving em with a clean cage,personaly i wouldnt do it my ferrets mean to much to me.Vasectomised hob,breed em or jab only options to be safe imho.

[albert64 1,882]

kept ferrets 40 odd yrs, how do you think we did it when i was a kid

no jab no vac hobs about, simple animal husbandry,

keep them clean, they dont die from not mating its infection they'll die from

i've got jills here that have never been near a hob or a jab in the last 6yrs

always done it that way never had one die on me through nothing but old age

but do as you please but they normally come back into season

which is not what i'd want

[vanman1 411]

kept ferrets 40 odd yrs, how do you think we did it when i was a kid

no jab no vac hobs about, simple animal husbandry,

keep them clean, they dont die from not mating its infection they'll die from

i've got jills here that have never been near a hob or a jab in the last 6yrs

always done it that way never had one die on me through nothing but old age

but do as you please but they normally come back into season

which is not what i'd want

I do agree with you Albert (have kept ferrets 30+yrs) myself and you are correct have done the same many a time over the years,but i now have a line of ferrets through years of breeding that i wouldnt be prepared to take the risk with.Too much time and effort put in. I suppose if i were at home all the time i would revert back however if you work full time etc it is difficult to allocate the time to be sure your 100% clean,as you point out its not the not breeding thats the problem its infection!

[northern lad 2,292]

Same as Albert...kept them for 20+ years and never lost one through being left unmated,extra attention to cage hygiene the only time I had a problem Id put a snipped hob over them 2 years ago,6 weeks later the jills were dragging each other into nest relentlessly,to the extent I had to separate them all

[johnrthrfrd 223]

Have kept ferrets for years bad now have a snipped hob to bring them out of season but like has been said none of these or Jill jabs years ago and never had a Jill snuff it because it was never brought out of season brought my 3 Jill's out last season my 3 Jill's were not brought out for the 2 seasons before were left to come out naturally and there still here good diet and kept clean and never had a problem .

[foresterj 1,096]

http://www.petmd.com/ferret/conditions/reproductive/c_ft_hyperestrogenism

The reason that it is deemed nescessary to bring jills out of oestrus, this of course by no means effects every jill in this manner as has already been pointed out.

[pie-eater 377]

Snipped hob best way imo. I did leave a pair of jills in season one year and nothing bad happened as a result but I like to play it safe.