Causes and treatment of female mink eating young

The main stage of growth and development of young minks is from June to September every year. In more than 40 years of mink production, the author has found that some female minks have the phenomenon of eating young. Through investigation, the causes and treatment methods of eating young are introduced as follows:

First, the maternal nature is poor, has the evil disposition. As soon as it is found, the remaining minks should be removed immediately and reared with other females.

Second, lack of nutrition, less feed. Due to the lack of certain nutrients in feed, such as lack of protein content, or caused by insufficient supply, adequate full-price feed should be given.

Third, there are too many babies and not enough milk. Because the female mink has too much baby, and the female mink milk is seriously insufficient, when the young marten is breast-fed, the female mink is in pain, which leads to the female mink bite and eat the young marten. According to the situation of breast milk, some of the young minks should be raised, and lactation measures should be taken at the same time.

Fourth, be stimulated, eat. Due to careless inspection, the young mink has a bad smell, or it is caused by mistakenly giving the young mink that fell to the ground to another female mink. Therefore, the inspection should first rub hands with nest grass, do not put the smell on the young marten, the young mink that falls to the ground should be put outside first, and let the female mink bring it into the nest by herself.

Fifth, the environment is poor and restless. If the inspection is too frequent, too many people come and go, and the noise caused by motor vehicles or machines. Therefore, during the lactation period, in order to keep the venue quiet, visitors should be declined, and the personnel should move gently to prevent panic.

Sixth, divide the nest late, the mother eats the baby. Due to the late separation of nests, it is also possible to bite and fight with each other between mother-eaters or minks. Therefore, the division of nests should be timely and should not be postponed.

7. Thirsty. Insufficient water supply, female mink thirst is also prone to the phenomenon of eating young, so it is necessary to provide adequate drinking water.