Ferret BREEDER Diary - #2 Pregnancy & Birth

[@karyannfontaine8757]

I have had ferrets for over 20 years, volunteer for a ferret shelter. I am 73 now and have a sweet elderly boy here with me. I have known breeders of ferrets, owned Angora and Hybrids. I love them. Thank you for the refresher course on reproduction. I felt sorry for Muffin, as she was driven by hormones to care for her dead baby.

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

Glad you liked it, and for your thoughts for Mushroom. 😌

[@Lord.Polecat]

Thank you so much for your video! My polecat jill just mated, for her first season. I hope she will be fine later.

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

Good luck!

[@erikamarie5535]

Yay I've been waiting for part two! Poor Mushroom 💔🥺 I hope she is ok and not too sad. In part three can we have a quick update on how she is doing? The babies are adorable 🥰 I'm glad the babies and mom are doing well 💕

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

Thanks for your comments. Yes we can update on mushroom too in the next episode 😊

[@WitchyE]

I love your channel.

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@kayedal-haddad]

For the final week before she is due - would you leave her alone in her nest?

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

In the final week we move her into the dedicated nursery. We don't leave her entirely alone, as its a new place for her to live and it's quite boring.

[@barnsleyfieldsports616]

How long after there (waters break/mucas) comes out do they start having contractions as it looked pretty light when the mucas was coming out then she didn’t start giving birth till 11pm or is it not the same ferret?

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

Yes, all the same ferret. We usually see the mucus during the day, and then the contractions late evening followed by the birthing over a few hours over the night. Mucus can sometimes be the day before though.

[@barnsleyfieldsports616]

@@kingsdownferrets8485 yes I was wondering because I checked on my jill last night and seen the mucas having watched this video I knew she was going into Labour just wasn’t sure how long it took after the mucas plug goes she’s had them now unsure how many but there’s quite a few

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

Thats good news. Sorry I didnt see your message earlier to give you heads-up that they were imminent!

[@barnsleyfieldsports616]

@@kingsdownferrets8485 No worries this is her second litter but I think I was getting too excited for this one love having them 🤣🤣

[@saruman4935]

How did you mount the cam inside any specific model?

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

We use a Foscam R5. It has a simple mount screwed to the wall. Needs micro-USB power supply tho.

[@saruman4935]

@@kingsdownferrets8485 thanks a lot

[@saruman4935]

Very informative video thank you Can I know from where I can get the small cage for isolation please? Thank you very much

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

The cages are made by Ferplast and are called the Plaza. They come in varying sizes as they are modular so you can add on sections or add on the wooden hut like we did. Can get them on amazon, or Zooplus, or petsathome in UK.

[@saruman4935]

@@kingsdownferrets8485 thank you very much highly appreciated When part 3 will be posted about the care of the kits?

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

Hoepfully within a week. I'd have liked to have done it by now, but its quite a lot to mix/cut/produce and takes longer than I'd think!

[@saruman4935]

@@kingsdownferrets8485 great can’t wait for it Thanks again

[@ekaudit7243]

This litterally made me cry 😰

[@ahmadmaulanagallery1913]

Hi my ferret is birth today , he has 5 babies but her belly look like still big , its normal ? Or the babies still there ?

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

Same as humans. Takes time for belly to reduce after babies arrive.

[@ahmadmaulanagallery1913]

@@kingsdownferrets8485 1 of my baby die 😭😭😭today her belly look so big and in her anus i see a dry poop is that the problem ?

[@fadhilahnaufal6781]

My jill is not neutered I let her mated after only 7 days after her vulva start swelling is it too soon? They mated for 4 days in a row in the same enclosure I followed the video they mated day n night I have it on a video I separate them after day 4. My jill had babies before but I am not her owner when she had babies I got her so my hob can have a friend. I would like to know your thoughts cheers friend…

[@kingsdownferrets8485]

7 days after swelling should be fine for pairing. No sooner though. It's strange then. Did she reduce swelling after pairing? Sometimes it just doesn't work, but more usually it does and you get reduced swelling within a week. It can then end up being phantom pregnancy, but even that has same reduced swelling after a week.

[@fadhilahnaufal6781]

@@kingsdownferrets8485 yes the swelling reduced after about 5 days after pairing

[@MollyHarris-o8p]

My ferret is abt to have babys❤

[@veraporat2248]

👍🥰🥰🥰

[@ahmadmaulanagallery1913]

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