Adult ferrets with kits

[shazzqsong]

Aaaw they sound like squeak toys.

[xXNibiNoNekoXx]

Ferrets have always seemed like kittens for life to me. xDD I find it adorable.

[bseven54]

I love this video,the babes remind me of when my ferret was little.

[ferrets14]

OMG i want to just pick them up and cuddle them!!!1

[marinam2]

hehehe they are two and a half now!!!

Marina:)

[KiwiMango789]

omfg thats soooo cute! i have a ferret my self its 7!

[marinam2]

7 is an amazing age mine are only 3yrs and the babies are now 2yrs :D

Marina:)

[wushustuntman]

do male ferret help reer (sorry if I mispelled it) the kits.

[marinam2]

NO! Is the simple answer to that and they should be kept away from a birthing mother and the babies for as long as possible. The mohers instincts might be to kill him or wound him. However on the other hand he may kill the babies or the protective mother!

Marina:)

[wushustuntman]

So why didnt he kill the kits

[marinam2]

Because he had been carefully introduced and gradually built up a bond through bars over a period of weeks before this face to face contact on camera!

Marina:)

[wushustuntman]

Tell me please how do you built it up and how did he react when he first saw them did he go crazy or was he just agnoring them and did he attack them after that or was he protective of them.

[marinam2]

When the babies were born he showed an interest in the noise they made.

I would hold him up to the bars or the other cage and his lady friend tried to pull him in. After about 3 weeks of this i started letting him meet his gf but she had other ideas she wanted to move the babies and she pulled them out whilst i wasnt looking and stashed thembehind the couch. I heard them and he was with them licking them and caring and his gf didnt seem to mind. Next came the video.

Marina:)

[wushustuntman]

So would you say under controlled conditions that he could care for his young because i am doing a project.

[marinam2]

Not at all. He cannot feed them he has no paternal feelings or instincts in that way at all. He brought no food or he did was lick them but this stimulated them to poo which he didnt clean up!

Marina:)

[wushustuntman]

si he just licked them thats it.

[marinam2]

Yes. That was all he was able to do. However like i said it was risky and there was no need for it at all.

Marina:)

[Oxleybear]

thanks for the info it was very helpful I will definately use your advice in the future. thanks again.

[Oxleybear]

Hey marinam2 I have a my first pet home cage that is two feet long, two feet wide, and two feet high is that big enough to keep a ferret in I used the cage for my pet rats until they passed away. Please write me back I need to know. sincerely Jess.

[marinam2]

Anyone who would sell you a single ferret should not be selling ferrets. They should not live alone. They are much alike rats and need their own kind.

Yes that would be big enough for two ferrets so long as they are exercised sufficiently and until their are both about a year old. Ferrets need at least 4 hours of excercise a day. I generally allow mine run of the house until they are tired and they take themselves back to bed.

Marina:)

[np9490]

what is that box made of?

[marinam2]

Its the bottom box to a cat play post. Its just Chipboard linned with fluffy felt type stuff.

Marina:)

[marinam2]

Yes dad MUST NOT be with the jill when she delievers of be there whilst she is raising them. She may kill him or them or he may do that for you. Litters are NEVER easy to predict mine had 5 only 4 survived but i have seen as many as 13 come out of a tiny mother.

Marina:)

[thikabouit]

can I please buy a ferret from you, there so cute. you see at my local pet store they don't carry un nuter ferrets an also there not as cute as youres!.

[marinam2]

The ferrets you are watching in this video are now nearly 2 years old and certainly NOT for sale!!

[typexxx13]

do u hav to seporate the dad and wut do u think the avrege for kits lik how many babies at onece

[skatepunk2242]

I dont get it...You said "dadies first time with babies" in the video, but in the description it says hes no the father. Is it like a step dad or somthing?

[marinam2]

Blimey your observant *bravo* the deal is shhhh dont tell him he couldnt seem to get his act together so we used a stud but he will always be their daddy in my eyes since he raised them he just didnt create them.

Their names are Mack, Murphy and Carlos its in the info for them. We are getting a new addition at the weekend he will be mack and murphys nephew ie the son of their brother. We will call him Chester.

Marina:)

[skatepunk2242]

ahh cool

[ferretpunk1]

what are there names

[emanuelorjesus]

OK thanks was just making sure

[emanuelorjesus]

very nice ferrets this may sound gross but if you kept them would the mate with their siblings? Was wondering that way i know to get mine fixed if I ever decide to get male and female unfixed and they do the nasty and I want to keep the babies also do you know if you you got them fixed after they had babies would it hurt them anymore? sorry if this sounds wrong I breed fish so i have to keep track of where the fish come from so I dont have inbread fish that will almost always die and be off colo

[marinam2]

To be honest i do not know. I would think the answer is yes because incest does not exist in the animal kingdom. I have kept two of those babies they live with the male i have sadly mum died due to an accident but they have all been castrated anyway.

uncastrated males STINK and even worse during their season.

[TheOneTheyCallVi]

Your ferrets are beautiful by the way. The male has a big fuzzy face lol. I got a male ferret 3 months ago and I wish he wasn't fixed. His offspring would have been pretty and sweet, but they might inheret a sweet tooth.

[ash0474]

Will a male ferret kill baby ferrets?

[marinam2]

Males should be kept away from the kits and the mother - The mother can be overly protective of them and instinctually whether he is the father or not will want him away from the babies.

Males on the other hand can and do often kill kitts. So always eer on the side of caution. This is why i waited 19 days before he met them and why he was closely supervised. Marina:)

[nizzzchillin]

like dogs reali lol

[ianscott11]

ummmmmmmmm do they get sick easly i really ant to know cuz im getting 1 plz reply!

[marinam2]

No they dont but they can catch colds and flus from humans so wash your hands a lot if you get ill with things like that and try to stop away from then.

Marina:)

[brighteyedpanic]

omg - too precious! thanksforthe videos. i've been looking for info on breeding and babies. i dont plan to breed but i want to know as much as i can about my pets :)

[marinam2]

Feel free to ask me any questions you like. I'll try to be as helpful as i can.

Dont ask about biting or nipping though mine don't touch me any more but i cant say the same for my partner!!

Marina:)

[marinam2]

You can get the two types of ferret the big guys and the little ones. Mines happened to be the little ones they are not under weight thank you!!

[waiting4december]

wow. how much do your ferrets weigh? is that even healthy?my adult ferrets are all 1 kilo or less

[marinam2]

Shes not hissing shes communicating with her partner.

[ResiEvilFerretGirl]

4..4! my female had nine and she's tiny. I hear right at the beginning your jill hissing at the male but its not nasty. you know the lucking sound the mother makes to the kits. if you immitate it like i did the babies come running when you call them. At 4 week after there eyes open i took them on the field for a run around. they all ran into the bushes but as soon as i made the clucking noise...they would come running back calling at me it was well cute!

[marinam2]

I don't need any help but thank you for your offer. I know what jill means.

[KayleeMorgan13]

ive got seven ferrets and bred them.one of my jills r due kits in january.u have got really nice ferrets how many kits did she have?. last year i bred all three of my jills(jill means female if u didnt know wat jill means)and i had 31 babys all together. any questions on breeding ferrets or anithin else on ferrets just ask.

[Roadrage9]

oh they are so cute, i wish i had a ferret :)

[marinam2]

Yes it is and should always be done, males are often unpredicatable in their behaviour to new kits and jills become very overly protective of kits immediately after birth, and may attack him simple for being there.

[marinam2]

Females should be seperated from the males when they have their babies, its standard practise.

[Jessica0830]

My ferret male was also not the father. It didn't go well. :(

Let's just say the litter didn't make it.

[marinam2]

Thank you for your kind words.

Marina:)

[kutekate88]

That was sooooooooo beautiful!