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Breeders => Breeding 101 => Topic started by: kneesaa on April 06, 2009, 08:52:43 AM

Title: when can the mother and baby have a bigger cage?
Post by: kneesaa on April 06, 2009, 08:52:43 AM

Hi,  I was wondering when I can let Pooka and Pookie have the whole cage? I have put Peaka in an other cage and left the top closed off to Pooka. I have tried looking on the forum about this and I didn't find anything. Pooka and Pookie are doing great. I will get more pictures put up. Thanks Shannon

Title: Re: when can the mother and baby have a bigger cage?
Post by: Debbie.nl.ca on April 06, 2009, 08:19:19 PM

That all depends on what the bigger cage is like.
I leave kits & Mom in the main cage and take Dads out.I have made them all baby safe. Shelves are staggered so they can't fall far and they have loads of steps, houses, tubes and things to climb on, hide in or leap too.
Some can climb the walls the day they are born so you just have to be careful.

Title: Re: when can the mother and baby have a bigger cage?
Post by: kneesaa on April 07, 2009, 07:00:29 AM

I meant how old should the kit be before they are allowed to have the rest of their cage? Right now they are on the floor of the ferret cage and I have blocked off the upper half of the cage to keep Pooka and Pookie from going up. And like I have said Peaka is in an other cage so I don't have him in there with them. The cage is a ferret pent house from Marshel.

Title: Re: when can the mother and baby have a bigger cage?
Post by: Debbie.nl.ca on April 08, 2009, 06:57:16 AM

I wondered if that was what you meant after I signed off :blush2:

Again depends on the set up, but between 1-2 weeks they can get anywhere.
Try them supervised and see how they do. If it looks like they can get around safely leave them in the large cage.
I put Dad's back at 5-10 days, though I do have a female that will not let Dad back in with the kits. She likes to have them all to herself.