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    I've got one real bruiser who bolts his meat and then tries to steal the other ferrets' meat. I take him out for a short while so the others can eat in peace. There's always biscuits available so he doesn't starve
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    I've used hand feeding in the past to bring ferrets around. Offered them something like a raw chicken wing and then when they are busy chewing, picked them up. It does take a while but that way they start to associate hands with good memories rather than bad ones.
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    Sorry to hear this. Hope you get them back.
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    Fuming

    Funfuret replied to fazza123's topic in General Talk

    In the first post it sayes he was walking on a tarmac public road at 10pm If it was tarmaced then at minimum it has to be a public right of way, In that case, the lamp is irrelevant. It's not an offensive weapon and he had every right to be carrying it. It's unbelievable that someone could be threatened like that and then the police take action against the person whose been threatened. Complaints need to be made about how this was handled by the police and official reprimands ahould be issued. The police are meant to be there to protect people from threats of violence, which th
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    Fuming

    Funfuret replied to fazza123's topic in General Talk

    I wouldn't put it down to experience. Not only the keeper, but the police were in the wrong. Me, I'd be wanting an official apology plus charges against the keeper.
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    Fuming

    Funfuret replied to fazza123's topic in General Talk

    Thats interesting, so the keepers already knew once the police arrived they would automatically take your lamp, no wonder you stayed put being given the threat of a leathering In making threats like that the keeper was committing battery (could be assault, can't remember which). You don't have to even touch someone to commit this. Just making threats can lead to a charge. I can't understand why the police didn't carry out their duty and arrest him. Me I'd have gone straight down to the station demanding to speak to a senior officer to lodge a complaint against them.
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    It isn't licensed for ferrets as far as I can recall but the veterinary 'cascade' applies. In fact very few pharmaceuticals are licensed for ferrets. Delvosterone is the only one I can think of, the 'Jill Jab'. As Droid says the use of Frontline on ferrets is in accordance with the prescribing cascade BUT as you'll see from the bit I've pinched from the NOAH compendium, below, it's not indicated (licensed) to treat ear mites (Otodectes cynotis) ... 'The treatment and prevention of flea and tick infestations in cats and dogs, and as part of a treatment strategy for Flea Allergy D
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    Fubar, I suggest your vet contacts the Veterinary Medicines Directorate ( or the the RCVS) to find out the correct advice the people should be given about how to apply Frontline. Failing that can I ask you to contact the VMD yourself before posting again on forums about putting Frontline in animals' ears because this is a safety issue. The VMD are very helpful and are happy to deal with public queries about drugs. BTW It is true that only vets (not even doctors) are qualified to diagnose and treat animals (and people shouldn't forget that ) , but the ultimate experts on drugs aren't the
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    Are you trying to start a heated discussion .......... sorry, I'll get my coat .........
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    I put ivermectin on their scruffs once in a while just to make sure they haven't picked ear mites up from other ferrets or cats. You can buy the Beaphar version for small animals including ferrets at pet shops and it works out cheaper than the Xeno ivermectin product that vets tend to use. Stronghold (selemectin) is also effective against ear mites but I think it's a POM and only available from vets. I would never put Frontline in any animal's ear because if the ear drum isn't intact, the active ingredient (fipronil) can get into the middle and inner ear and cause damage to the neurologic
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    Oh god i had forgot about the haggis are they as vicious as a pepperoni Kay, you have obviously never tried to get a live haggis out of a purse net. It's a bloody nightmare i tell you. But the kids love steamed haggis, so i do it so as not to let them down.... One of lives little chores Matt So they put up a good fight then , just as i suspected how do you dispatch them though with them being round Bite like buggers the haggis, a word of warning! only use big hobs because I had a ferret swollowed by a haggis, its head was stuck out one end and its tai
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    I can't understand why anyone would want to dress up any animal in fancy clothes. It shows a lack of respect for the animal IMO
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    I would guess there's quite a lot of reasons why the albinos so common. Way back, the first albinos would have been intensely breed because people like something that's a bit different. Then they were breed for fur and I guess white fur would have been in demand, e.g. it's been suggested that a lot of 'ermine' on robes was in fact ferret. Also a white ferret is more easily spotted in the field so perhaps people focused on breeding albinos when they were breeding working ferrets. Any other ideas anyone? I did read somewhere that the high proportion of albinos in the ferret popul
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    I would guess there's quite a lot of reasons why the albinos so common. Way back, the first albinos would have been intensely breed because people like something that's a bit different. Then they were breed for fur and I guess white fur would have been in demand, e.g. it's been suggested that a lot of 'ermine' on robes was in fact ferret. Also a white ferret is more easily spotted in the field so perhaps people focused on breeding albinos when they were breeding working ferrets. Any other ideas anyone? I did read somewhere that the high proportion of albinos in the ferret popul
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    It would be good if all genes were as simple as that but Mendel was considered lucky to have hit on genes that just showed simple/complete dominance. There are also genes that are codominant, and genes that express incomplete dominance. Added to that, most genetic traits are controlled by multiples sets of genes each with their own dominance relationships and little is understood about some, if not many, of the genes. Add in the random mutations that occur, and it seems self evident to me that trying to breed for complex genetic traits such as hardiness or working ability is akin to doing
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    Might be worth you putting your ear to their chests to check there's no crackling sounds or wheezing, Datawrite.
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    pedigree dogs are bred for money, so anything goes.......... runty pups, pups with defects all have/had their values, an unscrupulous breeder wouldn't dare cull a pup worth money, oh lordy, cull a pup lose a couple of hundred quid they wouldn't dream of it.. therein lies that problem..... Couldn,t agree more just to add all breeds off dogs are in thi end the result of inbreeding ,linebreeding althoug it may have been done over a period of thousands of years I find it difficult to believe that all dogs are derived from just a few wolves or whatever. Surely geographically different
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    Good on you for taking them in I'll bet you soon have them eating out of your hands instead of trying to eat them
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    one word ,Selection read dogs http://www.netpets.com/cats/reference/info/inbreed.html Nobody would argue that natural selection doesn't favour the hardier animal but you only have to look around the streets or visit your vet surgery to see the consequences of humans doing the 'selecting'. People involved in species conservation try and maintain a hardy species with genetic diversity by out breeding. Animals are sent thousands of miles just to ensure they mate with an animal that is not closely related. Odd that conservationists should do that if line breeding was the way to mai
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    I'm a bit surprised, bearing in mind the pitiful medical state of pedigree dogs in general (originally produced by in/line breeding), that anyone would want to go down that pathway.
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    There's a list of symptoms and possible causes at the following link: http://www.ferret-fact.org/SymptomChart.htm#OVERALL%20BODY It does say "Uncontrollable shivers/tremors Shock; poison", The One.
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    Mine get half a chick each, 2 out of 3 days, and raw meat on the bone ( usually chicken or rabbit) every 3rd day. Biscuits 24/7. All 10 have just been to the vet for their check up and vaccination and, though aged between 2 to 9, they were all passed as fit and a good weight (but not fat) . Seems that as part of a mixed diet, chicks don't seem to be doing my gang any harm Despite not being a raw meat and bone fan, the vet had to admit they all had a good set of teeth as well
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    Well done to you and to the rescue. They're a good looking pair
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    I think people worry because chicks still have a yolk sac, and raw egg white contain a protein (avidin) that binds and inhibits a vitamin (biotin). The egg white has mainly been broken down however by the time the chick is born, but if you're worried you can pierce the egg sac and squeeze it's contents out before giving the chicks to the ferrets. Chicks still have quite a lot of cartilage relative to bone but they are unlikely to cause problems if you are giving them plenty of meat on the bone as well. My gang mob me when it's chicks for supper
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    A picture's worth a thousand words I wish I could regularly get chicken backs. Mine love 'em and the bones are a good size for them to crunch on.
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