Coneytrappr
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I would hope that as enthusiasts of the working ferret noone on this forum would actually support breeding such defective ferrets. Stick to regular ferrets, it's obvious that this is just another animal cash cow.
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That's more or less how I cooked mine as well. -Collect horse hoof clippings [i used half a dozen handfull] -Place in old pot [OLD pot emphasized] and add water until the hooves are covered with a few inches of water -Boil for an hour -Transfer hooves and liquid to a milk container or other vessel -Allow it to age in the sun for two or three months -Then I transferred it [hooves and liquid] to a large glass jar. By this stage the liquid will be near black. I like to store lures and urines in glass as I feel it maintains the quality a lot better... -Store in a cool, dark place. -It
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5 697 That's lot of stinkers...
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I cooked some up two years ago but haven't tried it yet. I have smelled it though and it is rotten stuff. :sick:
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I had an in depth debate with some mates over this, we ended up doing a bit of research into it. My initial reaction was that the artist deserved to be hung drawn and quartered, prefferably whilst still fully conscious...but then I got a different perspective. The dog was chained in the gallery for two days. It had been tied starving in the street for much longer and people had walked past it without giving the poor thing food or water for who knows how long. It's organs had already begun to shut down when he took the dog and put it in the gallery- it was going to die regardless. It could
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No, I humanely dispatch them first. The ferrets don't mind pre-killed and it's better for the mouse.
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It's easy enough to raise mice for ferret food. Use a 'harem' system to get your numbers up quickly. Buy several large storage tubs , stock each with 4-5 females [or more if you so wish] and keep one male to breed the lot of them. Replace the lid with small wire mesh for ventilation and keep food and water available... Mice make for great ferret food and whilst I don't feed mine soley on mice [rabbit for the most part] they do appreciate the change up.
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Ferret muzzles...no. Just no. There's no advantages and many disadvantages. - Muzzled ferret may get lost and slowly starve to death. A horrible end for any animal, let alone one who is willing to work for you. -Muzzled ferret may run up against another animal- such as a rat or mink- that it will need it's teeth to deal with. End result, shredded ferret. -Muzzled ferret may find rabbits in a stop end, and, if your ferret is a diligent worker, will spend ages scratching at it's backside. Now I realise that an unmuzzled ferret will do the exact same thing, but the unmuzzled ferret will sort
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I personally wouldn't use a #4 for foxes...even rubber-jawed I think that would be a bit too much trap. A #1.5 on the other hand...I've taken foxes with those and had zero damage.
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Really depends on the area. Some spots I will only ferret once a year, any more than that and you'll just be wasting time...in other areas I can go week after week and they just repopulate from the inpenatrable blackberry gullies.
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Back to the DarkAges we go. If that critter can't be retrieved for whatever reason you've doomed it to a slow and miserable death. Congrats.
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I've had birds of prey cirlcing my ferrets. Always makes me nervous as I'm quite attached to my stinkers.
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I feed mine a light meal an hour or so before working and I rarely have to dig. Nor are they fat or bloated. Try feeding every day and see how it goes. Bet you'll be pleasantly suprised.
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Oh lucky thing. I was meant to go dogging in July...had my traps ready and was rearing to go. Unfortunately the weather wasn't agreeable and I had to cancel. Wasn't happy! Good luck.
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Steer clear of bread and milk mate. Will do more harm than good. Just keep offering food [real food: Rabbit, mice, chicken, etc] and keep the water up to her. If she stops drinking then as Ricky said it'd be best to visit the vet. How long has she been off her food? Hope you get her sorted out.
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I reckon he'd mix it with field mice just fine. Pre ban of course.
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Always feed mine before going out. I figure I wouldn't like to work on an empty stomack and neither would they. I have very few layups and when they do catch under they move on quickly and don't wait around to eat it. They are no less eager to hunt; they do it for fun.
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Nice catch. I have the unfortunate habit of playing with my traps...found myself wearing a coni across the thumb...nerve damage for six weeks. Ouch.
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A thought just occured to me that predators very well could find milk in the wild; my ferrets all go nuts when given a milky doe. The first thing they do is lick it out and eat the mammary glands [ :sick: ] then onto the organs as per usual. So giving a little milk could well be beneficial.
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A good chunk of my permissions are rocky and can't be dug to. I use small jills early in the morning whilst they are fresh and have never had any probs.
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Same deal with mine. Come breeding season there are kits everywhere around here so when I want another I just get one of those.
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Mostly a ferreter but do some shooting as well. Have recently gotten into trapping.
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Well done Madcowz:) They may have been small but they're still rabbits and you got your ferts started. In regards to locators or going au natural, I tend to agree with Ditchy. I've never used a locator- or a liner- and have no probs digging. Unless the ferrets are under a couple of slabs of rock or a blackberry bush, in which case a locator would not help matters. Luckily I rarely have to dig and when I do it's usually because I've either 1] come up on the rabbits quietly whilst they're out in the open whereupon they hightail it underground and are reluctant to come out again or 2] tripped
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Christ. Look at that poor sod's face...for all that site bangs on about 'routine health maintenance', 'supplements' etc, I've seen more life in the eyes of a necked rabbit. Certainly doesn't have that spark that a well cared for worker has. Do these people want ferrets or novelty toys? The ingrediants in their foods [especially the 'Marshall' and 'Kaytee' variety] are terrifying! I wouldn't feed that shit to a rat. Edit: This one in particular. Dehydrated apple, corn gluten meal, raisins, ground corn, animal fat... http://www.ferret.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=6508...20Ferret%20Food
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I've worked both and there is no difference...except that you can work neutered hobs and jills without the hobs becoming amorous. It's good for summertime ferreting. I get mine neutered as I have no interest in breeding. They don't lose their drive to work and they don't get fat or lazy.
