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    On the odd occassion that I've had to do mine I just use human clippers and turn them sideways so they don't twist the toes. If the ferret is being difficult and makes the use of both hands necessary I have been known to scruff the sods with my mouth out of sheer desperation. Don't laugh, it works.
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    The rabbit will be able to smell the ferret and will instinctively know to fear that smell and if the ferret is like any other it will smell the rabbit and will seek to get hold of it! At least, my stinkers would. Personally I wouldn't house those two species so close.
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    Was out this afternoon for an hour or so, got six with no problems. It was a bit warm so I'll be wrapping up 'til next years season soon.
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    I started mine at around six months of age, let them have a good rag on the first rabbit they bolted, worked like a charm.
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    When it gets into extreme temperatures they don't do well at all even with ample shade and water, I move mine indoors during the hottest part of the day and then back outside at night.
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    Prevention is definitely better than cure. I really liked the idea of having a 'bunker' for my stinkers but due to the make of their cage digging would have been impractical. Instead I threw together a few bricks and made them an above ground bomb shelter with a tub of water sitting on top for the roof. Now the spoilt fecks have a cool hidey hole and a pool. It stays quite chilled underneath and if I want to increase efficiency I dump a bucket of ice into the tub. It gets ridiculously hot here and they'll stay under it during the day. Mind, as soon as it hits 40 I move them inside. Anythin
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    Feeding them only roo meat every day will cause problems as it wouldn't provide a complete diet. Feed just meat and you may find your ferrets with problems relating to a whacked out Calcium to Phospherus ratio. I would be leery about feeding organs because, although I don't know if ferrets can catch them, feeding raw roo offal is a Grade A way to give dogs Hydatids. Thirdly, I would be concerned about the fat content in roo. Ferts tend to need quite a bit of good animal based fats in their diets and roo is notoriously lean. But clean roo meat in addition to other, smaller whole prey? Go
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    A fert could probably shift them [if they didn't 'back fill' on the hapless stinker, as they have been known to do to wild BFFs] but is it legal?
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    Summertime heat where I live is consistently 40+ degrees Celcius...my stinkers are uncomfortable doing anything but sleeping. Working them in conditions like that would kill them so I keep the ferreting for the cooler months. Rabbits are disposed of by other means.
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    Are they gold plated ferrets? For that amount I'd be wanting them to crap diamonds.
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    How long do your ferrets live on average? Are thin ferrets better in some way? I doubt half a slice of bread soaked in milk fed every other day is even enough to maintain a ferrets body weight, so my guess is his ferrets die within the year , its not even enough to keep ya body & soul going is it. its pretty clearly a neglect case in my eyes, pityfull existence they live right now Ferretlove SHUT UP!! As you say your guessing!! Did I not just say i have a 9 year old ferret here fed on bred and milk all his life!! And ARTEMIS you dont have a clue so you shut up too AHH FERRE
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    What a blithering idiot you are, Walsher. If you want thin lean ferrets then feed them right and ensure they get plenty of exercise. They won't be fat and sluggish but nor will they be malnourished twigs like your poor creatures undoubtedly are. Every second day? Do you skip a day of eating and go to work on an empty stomach? Doubt it very much. Why should you inflict that upon your ferrets? What are the benefits of doing so? Happy to say that my lot are out in their run eating fresh rabbit at this very moment and they'll have another to go through tomorrow. And the next day and
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    I was 14 and had initially gotten my jill for a pet...and then my dad mentioned that he had used ferrets on rabbits when he was a kid. Naturally I had to try it out. I was very worried that I was never going to see that jill again when she went to ground but the feeling when that first bunny bolted and wrapped up in the net was the best ever. I was hooked. Only got four rabbits in that first outing but they were amongst the most satisfying rabbits I've ever caught. The jill went on to be the best worker I've ever had, tireless, cunning and wouldn't leave the warren until it was empty.
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    Decent little mouse trap, that. Might want to double stake it though!
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    My three hobs are castrated and they work just fine. :thumbs-up:
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    Oh good grief......this is not a hormone issue..... this is a pack leader issue and one this dog may take even if he is neutered...... neutering ONLY makes him sterile, nothing more. The damn dog is in a stressful situation? did you just finish having a tree huggung session? This dog bit both his owners, he needs a boot in has ass! and a muzzle strapped to his face!...... well said autumnbriar its the biggest load of b*ll*cks ive heard to .after all it int the b*ll*cks that bite you Just my experiences mate. No one has to take my advice but if they wish to, it's there. Tree h
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    I would take it to the vets and have it's nuts chopped off! That takes a bit of the fire out of 'em for sure and will most likely make him much less likely to challenge your dominance. Won't effect his desire to crunch up ratty though. Sounds as though the dog was in a very stressful situation and it was just too much for him. Don't think it's a shooting offense, at least not this time round. Watch him carefully and act accordingly. If it was an unprovoked attack then I would reccomend the lead injection or a variant of such, but it was a provoking situation.
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    I just use big ceramic bowls. They last longer than the bottles [unless you drop 'em.]
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    Nice catch. Is the trap a 1 1/2 or a 2?
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    Some vets will spay whilst they are in heat, others will want to give them a jill jab first. If they are in heat then they are old enough to get done.
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    What a load of garbage. If anything, tame ferrets are better to work than biters. Who wants to be handling a ferret that's going to be ringbarking their fingers whilst attempting to catch a few rabbits? I don't treat mine rough at all. They have good living quarters, fresh food and water, are handled every day and let out to romp and play. A healthy happy ferret is the foundation of a good working ferret, that is my firm belief. So yes, 'pet' ferrets can indeed work.
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    Desexing won't effect her working ability. I get mine desexed and they work fine. If you're sure that you don't want kits out of her and don't want to be messing about with V-hobs and Jill jabs then it's a good way to go. It doesn't make them fat or lazy.
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    You're going the right way with mice, once she's eating those consistantly perhaps try her on a young rabbit and tempt her into eating larger game from there. I have a couple of ex-pet ferrets and they had much the same problem, very wary of real food and not too keen to even try it. They certainly didn't want anything to do with fully grown rabbits, it must have been a bit daunting. But mice they could deal with, then small rabbits, then half grown rabbits, then fully grown rabbits and now they will eat whatever I put in there. She'll get used to being allowed out of her cage with time. Pl
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    Thanks OTC, I appreciate that.
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    Holbrook Museum, Australia. I was passing through and luckily had the camera.
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