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    arranged another trip up to a pemission we havnt ferreted for a couple of months, got there late ( 10 am )as it was the works do last night , arrived on farm & set up nets after about an hour 1 bolted, but not seen my jill surface so got locator out to get a location, wierd thing i kept getting a signal near the ferret box, so i thought she isnt in there, did an about turn & tried to get a signal again, but once again signal kept showing towards the ferret box, out of curiousity i opened the box & there was my jill lol , waited about an other hour then decided to lift the nets
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    try e mailing deben service department i lost the back off a mk3 & they sent me 1 free of charge
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    bump for stubby
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    mine have been eating less of wellbeloved for last few days , bit did work them sunday & they had a good feed on rabbit & heart in the box, when just fed on welbeloved they seem to eat loads, got some more meat to feed them so the dry stuff is off the menu, regards john
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    great result again, look forward to reading your posts , nice decent size winter bunnies, dogs look absolutely knackerd , was cold in thills this morning, hailstone was like rocks & rain, rain rain, i even thought to myself "i must be mad "then i realized i was keep up the good work regards john
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    i dont think 8 mnths is too young, my 2 are only 6 mnths old & have had a few outings with them from 4 month old i have had a few bunnies ( 8 in total )& a couple of blanks ,im only just getting back into ferreting from a long gap .I must be blessed with my 2 as they havnt messed or sulked just seem to have took to it like ducks to water, i did all the stuff people advised me to do , i.e.running them through pipes letting them come out of the pipes/tunnel with your palm on the floor , taking them out when they was younger , handling them frequently & let them get used to the fee
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    must be the day for fogetting a cup i did the same & burend my mouth on the flask good result hope you have many more regards john
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    i am a patient man but after 1 hr1/2 i thought it was about time i used the box , when i did get a mark on her she seemed to be going back to the same spot then after a good while she stayed in same place thats when i decided to dig , then the rabbit bolted so i stopped digging i am still learning & i apreciate your comments, i dont want to get the spade out again this season my back is in two ,so next time i will have a brew suprising how that gets the rabbits bolting regards john
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    Been up on mates permission this morning got on there late as im having transport problems netted up about 10 holes & put the young ferrets in, managed to get 2 & another escapee, which came walking out of the hole like he was rambling, my mate chased it down another hole & ended up dragging the net in as well but managed to escape, my Hob is coming on really well chasing them out of the hole right to the entrance, after a while i got the locator out & she seemed to have had one backed up about 5 ft down started to dig got down to about 2 ft & she must have managed to tu
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    top result, keep up the good work
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    welcome mate , roll on more frosty mornings
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    congrats mate hope you get good numbers
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    good luck just stick to the basics, keep quite etc,etc & enjoy it we all make mistakes thats how we learn, a.t.b reagrds john
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    cracking result , dcent size bunnies too regards john
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    i was using jeyes myself as well as a flick over the hutches with the Blow Torch, have just got some Spearmint Mistral after someone else reccomended it,see how i get on, anyone got a link for virkon s ?? i am getting a Hawk next season & was told to use Virkon, so makes sense to use one for all, sorry to hijack your thread regards john
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    ah right, I didn't realise dried food makes them fat...i'll have to stock up on the rabbits to feed em! It's down to the induvidual animals metabolism Rob much like us.I could feed 1 of my jills on dry 24/7 & she would'nt put much on,the other 2 would end up like barrels .The larger of my hobs would be like Mr Creosote "it's just a wafer thin mint!!" if i kept him on dry 24/7 lol my hob is due to spontaniously conbust due to eating one more waifer thin mint fur & feather is on the menu until warm weather comes, i am working them more, so hopefully he will slim down
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    this is what i have used for a guide it was taken from a ferret book ( i cannot remeber which book ) Weight Chart Jills 7 Weeks approx weight of kit/ferret Jill 400 gms = 40gms food 9 Weeks approx weight of kit/ferret Jill 540gms = 70 gms food 11 Weeks approx weight of kit/ferret Jill 620 gms = 90 gms food 13 Weeks approx weight of kit/ferret Jill 680 gms = 110gms food 16 Weeks approx weight of kit/ferret Jill 740 gms = 110gms food 22 Weeks approx weight of kit/ferret Jill 800 gms = 90 gms food 26 Weeks approx weight of kit/ferret Jill 840 gms = 90gms food Weight Ch
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    is it illegal in USA to ferret ?
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    Fair enough FightTheBan ,I think 8shot was having a dig with no good reason. you think thats having a go i was messing around and then said it was a nice gesture of him feck me another newbie with no sense of humour beaver dont take it to heart mate i read it as a joke as well, welcome to the madhouse & hope your lad enjoys mk2 make sure you buy loads of batteries ( thats not a dig ) top man for helping a young lad into ferreting regards john
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    i used to work on trawlers as well out of fleetwood some 30 yrs ago, you need an halfer or arthur to start the mending process or as the above poster said, cant remeber the name but sounds like what ive said My link try this link or this 1 My link hope it helps
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    been having same problem on golf course ,plenty about at night, cleared around 20 holes in different places, plenty of raisins outside no bunnies botling with my kits, so i thought maybe its the young ones, so got my mates 3 yrd old hob, put him through still nothing , have been watching them for few days & they are still active at night daytime they seem to be hiding in cover
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    welcome to the madhouse
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    Only way to know is put some in their water and see if it gets drunk,if it's diluted enough maybe they won't object to it,but would diluting it make it less effective? i dilute 1 tbl sp in bowl of water for dogs & also in a spray bottle & seems effective enough diluted ,i forgot to say that its the original ACV with the "mother" in it ( cloudy unpasturised same stuff used for hens etc )
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    Confused.com
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    ive been using ACV for ages now, for the dogs spraying meat in summer it keeps the flies away & also the fleas ( diluted in drinking water makes their skin too acidic for fleas ), it also helps stop tear stains under eyes, what i want to know is would ferrets be able to accept/tolerate this in water ( diluted obviously) as we all know in summer flies thrive on meat left out for a few hours & ACV seems to keep them away, answers on a postcard please regards john
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