Greenrodders

Is that Barlaston, near Stone? If so I'm right on your doorstep. Rod

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-Assorted-Holdall-S...1QQcmdZViewItem Hope that helps you Hob&Jill

Could it have been a cat, a magpie or another predator spooking the jill Also, more worryingly, could someone have been interfering with them without your knowledge? Alternatively, sometimes animal mothers know when there is a health problem with their litter. Eating the young is nature's way in the wild, f recycling the energy and protein invested in the young ones, ready to try again very sad news.

I think I must have sold my kits in the wrong place. Obviously there is a dire shortage of ferrets in London. Maybe thay are used to catch feral pigeons in Trafalgar Square(possibly by riding remote controlled planes, maybe even with little machine guns - that would be worth £90)

If she's as good at finding her way around a rabbit burrow then you've got a winner there Well done for catching her, but I thought ferret racing was meant to be ferret versus ferret

Only got a small upright fridge freezer. I'm keeping an eye open for a chest freezer for just that purpose.

Bought a Havahart mink/squirrel trap from a Forestry Supplier (Stanton Hope). It folds down so it can go in the boot of the car on every trip in case a ferret gets lost. A mate of mine lost a ferret wearing a collar. It bolted a bunnie that slipped the net, witht the ferret still attached to it's a***. Apparently both were last seen heading into a wood at about 20 mph.

I give mine a mix of pelleted food (Chudley's), rabbit and squirrel as well as any fresh road kill (watch out pigeons). I also give them the occasional egg and SMA baby milk when my daughter leaves some in the bottle. :blush: Wild polecats eat a big variety of differnt foods as well as small mammals, aggs and wild birds. They also eat slugs and snails (yuck) but I don't let my ferrets eat them because I read somewhere that they carry heart worms. A mate who only feeds dried food borrowed my hob to mate with his jills. He made sure the hob got some fresh rabbit, but the jills wouldn

Ricky, I've been pretty lucky when it comes to avoiding digging, not doing it often and having a hob who prefers to cut and run rather than face the noise of the spade, but if you've had such luck, any tips would be appreciated. Thanks Rod

I have just visited then pigeon shooting section of this forum and read a thread about rotary pigeon decoys. I was having a look for some useful tips because a keeper friend has invited me pigeon shooting as soon as the rape is cut on his shoot. I was disapointed to see that there is an awful lot of backstabbing and sniping (and I don't mean at the pigeons) on that forum. Well done ferreters for keeping it real and civilised.

I think you're doing fine and so are the little ferrets. If I was a baby ferret, I'd want you looking after me, well done. Next advice - crack open a can or bottle of whatever you fancy and relax. You deserve it!

It looks like they're doing fine. Play fighting is a good sign of health. If you've had much rain I would keep an eye on whether they are in danger of getting cold and wet, but to be honest, having read about the love and attention you've been giving them, you don't really need advice, just reassurance you're doing a great job. Well done!

Cracking hutch. I also bought a hutch off ebay. When I turned up to collect it there was a hob in there, smelling to high heaven. I was told that if I didn't buy the hob with the hutch they were going to have to kill him, and the bloke had the cheek to charge £7 for the ferret. Well, not willing to let him have such a fate for just over a fiver, I handed over my reddies. Best seven quid I ever spent. He's a great worker who can go all day. But the hutch wasn't as nice as yours. Rod

It's more of an art than a science, or in other words there's no definite right answers to your questions. The main thing when considering the possibility of digging is that I never send a ferret down without a locator collar (and for the record, I own a Mark III and think my mates old Mark I is much better) With a collar on you can tell when your ferret is laid-up because the signal will remain in the same place for a long time. The hardest thing about using a locatior is not getting it out too soon and spooking the rabbits with the noise. Trial, error and experience will all help

I recently bought a little tube of spot-on flea/tick treatment from a local petshop; suitable for rats, rabbits, guinea pigs and ferrets.