From:
"ossi"
Date: 2007-07-02 07:26:04 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] More thoughts from the Ferret Symposium 2007
To: <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
Danee, thanks a lot.
What I'm curious about is whether there may be a difference between geographical regions or should it be taken as a fact anywhere in the world?
The reason why I'm asking is that here it's always been a practice that breeders sell kits at the age of six or seven weeks. We haven't really had the chance to see the difference that later weaning can make. It's only in the last few years that some breeders insist on keeping kits with mom at least till the age of 8 weeks. But even them do house kits separately from that time on. This practice is based on the observation that jills won't feed kits after they are 6 or sometimes 7 weeks old and the kits mean too much stress for the mom.
Nelli
----- Original Message -----
From: Danee
Subject: [ferrethealth] More thoughts from the Ferret Symposium 2007
Another thing that got discussed off-line with several vets, Travis and Bob C. was weaning times. All of them seemed to feel that early weaning is very bad. All seemed to agree that weaning should not occur before 8 or 9 weeks of age. And all agreed that in the wild, mothers will continue to nurse sometimes as long a 12 to 16 weeks, even though kits have started eating solid food well before that time. By 16 weeks, weaning should be complete.
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