how soon can the hob go back in with the young

[Guest bigredbusa]

when do you enter your hob back with kits and jill.

 

 

to save agro with certain member can only ferreters reply as i dont want this turning into an row again . thankyou

[The one 8,511]

When i wean them 6/8 weeks and watch he dont try to hump them .

[johnnyboy28 1]

When i wean them 6/8 weeks and watch he dont try to hump them .

 

I keep them away as long as possible mate

The Hob can be rough with the kits

[Guest bigredbusa]

hoping to get the court done soon and get him back in with them but will wait untill they are running about . thanks for the swift reply

[The one 8,511]

I try to keep the jill away from them for a fortnight or they just go back trying to suckle from her and i like her to dry off as i think it drains her suckling kitts for 6 weeks mate

[will.f11 24]

Ive got a jill and her last years son was castrated. He has lived with her since (just him and her) but i split them up when she had kits. how long until he can go back (castrated not vasectomised) he is really docile and I cant think of him harming them but im not sure?

[The one 8,511]

Its just the same thing the kitts MUST be big enough to look after themselves or move away from the hob because if he dont try to hump them he might try to kill them so 6/8 weeks and watch them for a good couple of hours when you put him in

[will.f11 24]

the same with a castrated then. I bought them as a pair.

[martin 332]

I don't take mine out,and I have 6 kits two weeks old now and the Hob is still in with them.Two of the Jills are looking after them as well.................Martin.

[stubby 175]

Ive got a jill and her last years son was castrated. He has lived with her since (just him and her) but i split them up when she had kits. how long until he can go back (castrated not vasectomised) he is really docile and I cant think of him harming them but im not sure?

 

as the above post said, I too had my castrated hob in with 3 jills and 12 kitts, he was only removed when he started getting too motherly and moved the kitts every 10 seconds, only you can tell, as they are your ferts, no one knows them better than you, so try introducing them back together, but keep a very close eye out

[sue 1]

i usually put him back when they are roughly 12 weeks old they are big and tough enough to stand up to the hob, plus they try to suckle from the hob if they are to young

Edited June 4, 2008 by sue

[The one 8,511]

The only problem i had was my hob was sleeping on the kitts and squashing them so my son took the jill and kitts out and put them in a wee hutch

[will.f11 24]

My hutchs are connected with a tube so there is 2 sleeping compartements

I will try him in there now. and update you how it turnes out

[Guest SJM]

Id agree with johnnyboy, keep them seperated until the kits are a decent age and robust enough to withstand rough play

[will.f11 24]

Ive put them together and watched for an hour. They are fine and he just slept in the differet nest box. I hve put some bedding in the unused nestbox and the jill has moved all the kits in there, Is thi normal. and is it ok to change e bedding in her original nestbox out?