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f 8 -CWeELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
streams must be quietly watched for mink trails, and these
tracked to the nest. When they leave the hole the old one may
be shot, and the young ones secured, or they may be dug out.
Those who own a breeding stock of minks ask high prices for
them; but trappers represent to us that it is an easy matter to
get the wild young ones. Habits.—A successful breeder says
that he does not attempt to tame the wild mink, but only aims
to supply for it in a small space all the necessities of its natural
instincts. He says the mating season commences about the first
of March, and lasts two weeks, never varying much from that
date.
The female carries her young about six weeks. In the mink-
ery, where diet, water, temperature, etc., are similar with each
animal, there is so little difference in the time of mating and
time of bearing young in different amimals, that five out of six
litters dropped last spring, were born within twelve hours of
each other. The young are blind from four to five weeks, but
are very active, and playful as kittens. The mother weans them
at from eight to ten weeks old. At four weeks the mother begins
to feed them meat; this they learn to suck before they have teeth
to eat it.
The nests in which the young are born are lined by the
nother with some soft material, and are made in the hollow of
some old stump, or between the projecting roots of some old tree,
and always where it is perfectly dry. The nest is located near
pure running water, which the mother visits twice every twenty-
four hours. She feeds her young on frogs, fish, birds, mice, crabs,
etc., etc. The mink is from birth a pattern of neatness and cleanliness, and as soon as a nest begins to get foul and offensive, she
takes one of the young in her mouth, and depositing it in a clean,
suitable place, builds a nest about it, and then brings the balance
of the litter. She feeds and cares for them until they are three
and a-half or four months old. When the young are weaned,
about the 10th of July, she builds her nest near the water, in
which the young soon learn to play. There are usually four in
a litter, though the number ranges from two to six. Towards
fall the mother separates them into pairs. One pair—or if the
number be odd, the odd one—is left in the nest; the other
| Title | The boys' own book of outdoor sports |
| Creator | John, Uncle |
| Publisher | Hurst & company |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | [1887?] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000079 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | f 8 -CWeELLANEOUS INFORMATION. streams must be quietly watched for mink trails, and these tracked to the nest. When they leave the hole the old one may be shot, and the young ones secured, or they may be dug out. Those who own a breeding stock of minks ask high prices for them; but trappers represent to us that it is an easy matter to get the wild young ones. Habits.—A successful breeder says that he does not attempt to tame the wild mink, but only aims to supply for it in a small space all the necessities of its natural instincts. He says the mating season commences about the first of March, and lasts two weeks, never varying much from that date. The female carries her young about six weeks. In the mink- ery, where diet, water, temperature, etc., are similar with each animal, there is so little difference in the time of mating and time of bearing young in different amimals, that five out of six litters dropped last spring, were born within twelve hours of each other. The young are blind from four to five weeks, but are very active, and playful as kittens. The mother weans them at from eight to ten weeks old. At four weeks the mother begins to feed them meat; this they learn to suck before they have teeth to eat it. The nests in which the young are born are lined by the nother with some soft material, and are made in the hollow of some old stump, or between the projecting roots of some old tree, and always where it is perfectly dry. The nest is located near pure running water, which the mother visits twice every twenty- four hours. She feeds her young on frogs, fish, birds, mice, crabs, etc., etc. The mink is from birth a pattern of neatness and cleanliness, and as soon as a nest begins to get foul and offensive, she takes one of the young in her mouth, and depositing it in a clean, suitable place, builds a nest about it, and then brings the balance of the litter. She feeds and cares for them until they are three and a-half or four months old. When the young are weaned, about the 10th of July, she builds her nest near the water, in which the young soon learn to play. There are usually four in a litter, though the number ranges from two to six. Towards fall the mother separates them into pairs. One pair—or if the number be odd, the odd one—is left in the nest; the other |
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