Joe67
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I took the jill out this morning for about 3 hours,tryed two burrows(one from other day) and had no luck,i dont know if its because they were empty or the jill wasnt intersted but she wouldnt stay in those two.I then found another burrow with about nine holes close to each other,i stoped had a look about them and heard movement.So i netted them up and sent her in,she was in there for about 5 minutes and came back out,i then put her into another hole,she was in there for a fair bit of time then i could hear alot of movement so she was either chasing a rabbit or trying to eat one,few minutes la
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theres still time to get a few days in yet mate,though there will be a few young yins about
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they are eating it now,how long can i leave the rabbit in the hutch for before it needs to be binned? gonna take the jill out tomorrow for a wee bit for the first time,see how she gets on
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lol am getting there,i chucked the rabbit in whole beside the 2 hobs early on,they were at it for a while but when i checked hadnt eaten much as i expected so i gave it to the jill for abit.when yous feed your ferrets rabbit do you put it in whole like i did or do you cut it open first?also how long can it be left in there before it needs bined?
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good luck mate,it can be tough doing it all yoruself when just starting out,worth it when you get a rabbit though.take some water for ferrets???
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I went up with the 2 hobs again this morning for just over a hour,i tryed one of the burrows from yesterday but after a few minutes the hobs lost interest,so i searched for another burrow and found a couple of decent sized ones next to each other,it was really over grown and a bast... to get the nets down,because it was so spread out and overgrown i only put the one hob down so it would be easyer to keep track/find him.Not long after one rabbit bolted and somehow got past the net(think i need to clear the area around the hole better before i put the nets down).Anyway i fixed that and put the h
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Aye ill try the chop next time,are the rabbits likly to return to those burrows?I dont have a finder sorted yet,they aint cheap!but am tempted to try those ones again
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every chance mate,gotta have a laugh i expected alittle hastle for not killing the rabbits quick and easy..
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Remember am new to ferreting,some mistakes were made but ive learnt from them. I decided last night i was gonna take the 2 hobs out this morning and see how they get on,i didnt know the last owner so didnt know if these ferrets were good workers or not.I left the hoose about 7am and walked across to small woods not far away,i soon came across the first set of burrows holes and started to put down the nets,then i came across a mixi rabbit,any other rabbit would have bolted by now but this sat there for about 5 minutes while i put nets down,once i got really close it bolted. Heres the mi
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yes am new,ive not long got the ferrets so they need to be handled? i need to get used to them,they need to get used to me,locking them up in a hutch 24/7 wouldnt really be fair
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the hutchs ive got mate are not huge,wouldnt be fair keeping them locked up all the time...
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do any of you use ferret litter for your ferrets,i tryed some early on and they seem more interested rollin in it,one of the hobs prefered to do a crap on the carpet,also when they strech out and crawl foward are they spraying?they have been in the room for about 1 hour and my burd is raging because of the smell
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some really good tips here,also like the lino idea.pitty there couldnt be a pinned/locked thread were one or two of the forum regulars could edit adding some good tips for us newbies
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aye i had the same problem trying to get onto the site,had to restart the homehub so the ip would change.chook restart your router so your ip changes,unless you have a fixed ip?
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hes sounds like a very reasonable vet unlike some of the ones practising these days some of them need a good slap yeah the waiting are and consultation rooms are nice and big, ive been to some vets where they are far too small which winds my lurcher up even mor ferrets are pretty easy to mantain and keep just make sure there hutch and toilet area is kept clean they have nice fresh bedding clean water at all times espically if you feed your ferrets on the dry mix the dry stuff is good in the summer months it keeps them dirty flies away but they should be feed on a good meat aswell
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when you make post you can attach a file,have you tryed attaching the image?
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aye your right it copys them for you now,i was trying to use imageshack early on but this site wont accept some of the bbcode from imageshack,photobucket is working good though
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when using the bbcode from imageshack this site wouldnt accept the post,not sure if it was to do with image size?it would only let me post 2,if i tryed to reply with another 2 images the problem would happen again and return me to the forum main menu when i submit post
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aye i will be mate,i only used the dry cat food yesterday because ive seen posts on here saying its ok to use now and then,will be leaving soon to pick up woodshavings and dry ferret food. i put the jill back in with the 2 hobs yesterday for a wee while,the hutch i got looked clean but was stinking!turns out the right hand side of the hutch had fresh sawdust,probaly because i was picking them up.the beding area was soaking and stinking.so after a good clean the jill is back in and will be able to relax now on her own,the two hobs have been at her alot.you can see a chunk of hair missing be
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no problem mate,if you get stuck geez a shout
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take them out and try mate,from what ive seen in other forum posts members will say its in there nature to hunt.some are better hunters than others,only one way to find out.thats just what ive picked up on,though am totaly new all this.am sure the pros will post soon.good luck
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Create a free account at www.photobucket.com.Once you have loged in select upload then choose files or browse depending what version of the uploader your using,now find the file you wish to upload.Once the file is uploaded hover your mouse curser over the image you want to use and copy and paste the IMG code thats below each image into the forum.You can copy text by highlighting the text and right clicking mouse then seleting copy or highlight text and press ctrl + c then to paste right click mouse and select paste or press ctrl + v
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ferrets are pretty easy to mantain and keep just make sure there hutch and toilet area is kept clean they have nice fresh bedding clean water at all times espically if you feed your ferrets on the dry mix the dry stuff is good in the summer months it keeps them dirty flies away but they should be feed on a good meat aswell like rabbit ,chicken ,mince and the occasitional raw or boiled egg a £10 is a good price for getting your jill jabbed so of the prices these days are madness good price,i was quoted £39 yesterday
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nice one mate,stick at it am tempted to take my ferrets upto the woods not far from here to see how they get on.
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i can now post in most threads i think,just that one seems to return me to the main forum list.fooking weird
