Kit colours

[Tumbleweed 1]

My kits are now 8 days old and some are turning grey. Will these be polecat marked kits or could they just as easily be sandy? All the kits - except one, which I assume will be albino (and is the only one so far to have a name - Alby - lol) - have dark eye slits so will the lighter ones be silver or could they also be sandy?

 

Just really curious about how long it takes before you can be certain as to what colour they'll be.

 

The kits are in a shared nest and I've had no losses to date even though they're both first time mums so I'm delighted about that. One mum in particular is a wonderful rabbiting ferret, although they both enjoy it.

 

I should add one mum is silver and one is polecat. Dad is sandy.

Edited June 7, 2008 by Tumbleweed

[stubby 175]

do you know the parentage of the parents?

as having a albino in the litter, both hob and jills would need an albino in their make up, ie carrying albino in genes

[Tumbleweed 1]

do you know the parentage of the parents?

as having a albino in the litter, both hob and jills would need an albino in their make up, ie carrying albino in genes

 

The silver was from silver x sandy parents and the polecat from polecat x albino. She had sandy and polecat siblings.

 

The sandy dad is from unknown parentage in regards to the colour of his parents (I checked the parents and grandparents were from unrelated lines but forgot to get details of colourings ).

[The one 8,529]

Sounds like you have a bit of every thing in there ,if you wait till about two weeks you should be able to guess the colours

[will.f11 24]

mine are two weeks but are very grey. does this mean I have a litter of poleys? The parentage is both poleys

[The one 8,529]

mine are two weeks but are very grey. does this mean I have a litter of poleys? The parentage is both poleys

 

If the parents are both poleys and the kitts look coloured already i reckon they will be poleys

[will.f11 24]

thanks.

[Guest Magwitch]

here my lot a couple of days old

[Tumbleweed 1]

This is the best pic for colours of my lot.

 

[lorelei0922 2]

This is the best pic for colours of my lot.

 

 

 

i'd say the darker ones will end up poley...

 

the lighter ones with dark eyes either sandy or silver

 

light ones with pink eyes ...albino..

 

but thats just a guess from my own experience ( very limited!!)

[howdimiss 0]

This is the best pic for colours of my lot.

 

just curious tumbleweed were both litters born on the same day in the same nest,and with them being first time mums how many kits they have between them

[Tumbleweed 1]

Yes, same day and same nest. They have 22 between them and have had no losses to date - I managed a quick head count on the day they were born and had a proper count again yesterday while the mums were eating. One had ten and the other twelve. The one we didn't think was pregnant had them first.

 

The mums are working well together. At first they took it in turns to go down and eat, although they're coming out together now. They've always been very close friends.

[The one 8,529]

Very nice pict mate you can see them starting to colour up now

Edited June 4, 2008 by The one

[Tumbleweed 1]

If anyone is interested in a couple of kits let me know, we still have a few needing homes although the majority have already been reserved. It'll be lighter ones that need homes as most people on my list are after poleys!

[Tumbleweed 1]

New pics taken today at 12 days old. Seems quite an array of colours at the moment.