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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 11:55:38 GMT -5
Hi im looking for a bit of help, i have a female ferret that rejected her babies .. now im hand raising a litter of 9 kits . I am having trouble finding anyone that has had success doing this . Thought id join here and see if there is someone experienced that can give me some general advice please. .
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 12:23:33 GMT -5
@vickiann should be able to help you  |
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Post by Heather on Nov 1, 2016 13:14:21 GMT -5
Hmm, we had a moddie do this....Sherry? Katt? . I can't remember who did this but these kits are a bit younger than those kits.
ciao
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Post by unclejoe on Nov 1, 2016 13:16:31 GMT -5
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Post by Blue on Nov 1, 2016 13:56:44 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 14:22:32 GMT -5
So sorry to hear you're in this position.
How old are these kits and what/how often are you feeding them?
The odds are against hand-reared kits but some people have had success.
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Post by maja01 on Nov 2, 2016 2:56:02 GMT -5
How old are the kits?
I hand fed Hera's litter of eleven kits, from 14th day. Sadlly we wre hit by a rotavirus infection and non of the kits made it. They all died when they were 4 weeks or a few days less.
A general advice - you have to feed them at least every 3 hours (if they are up to 10 days, feed them every 2 hours), clean them at every feeding to make sure they pee (everytime) and poop (1-2/daily) and make sure they are warm (but that they can remove themselves from a heat source if they are to warm. Most people use kitten/puppy milk replacer, I use goat milk with different recipies for different species (for ferrets is 60 ml of goat milk+egg yolk). Until they are about 3 weeks you will have to feed them via dropper or with syringe - they are too small for the bottles.
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foxfire
Junior Member
Raw and Whole Prey Feeder
Owned by 7 ferrets, 10 pigs,27 ducks, 2 border collies & a husband
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Post by foxfire on Nov 21, 2016 6:16:38 GMT -5
I hand fed from newborn after the mum did not have milk.
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Post by crazylady on Nov 21, 2016 15:14:55 GMT -5
foxfire you have been very lucky if they survived normally if under 7 days old they rarely survive congratulations on your success take care bye for now
Bev
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