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  1. Greenrodders
    Is that Barlaston, near Stone? If so I'm right on your doorstep. Rod
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    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-Assorted-Holdall-S...1QQcmdZViewItem Hope that helps you Hob&Jill
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    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.
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    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)
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    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
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    Only got a small upright fridge freezer. I'm keeping an eye open for a chest freezer for just that purpose.
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    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.
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    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!
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    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!
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    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
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    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
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    I recently bought a little tube of spot-on flea/tick treatment from a local petshop; suitable for rats, rabbits, guinea pigs and ferrets.
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    I don't know how anybody gets their ferret to keep these ridiculous clothes on. It's bad enough fitting a collar to a squirmy little fert, let alone a full set of fancy dress. Rod
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    Not a clue at all. Some folk need to be banned from buying animals. :realmad: Rod
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    The smell dosn't get as bad as it would if he didn't have a bath at all. The hob doesn't mind his baths and even likes to sit in the second bowl of warm water after rinsing, just enjoying himself. I think that if it isn't bothering the ferret then bathing is fine and it really depends what suits your own set-up for the ferrets. Pet ferret owners have been bathing theirs for years. As for the smell being good for bolting the rabbits, I rarely bathe mine during the rabbiting season, but at this time of year they don't small as strong anyway. There's more than one way to skin a
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    Sorry fellas, I'm going to have to disagree with you here. I bathe my hob every week or two at the insistence of the missus. (Not because she objects to him smelling but because she objects to me smelling after playing about with him and having him sit on my shoulder) I use either a small-animal insecticidal shampoo from a local pet shop or I have recently found special "Ferret Deodorizing" Shampoo at Petsmart. True, he didn't like his first couple of baths but soon got used to it. Then again, he is a total softy and never bites and can even be handled by my five year old (with Dad at
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    There are loads of different ways people keep their ferts, and most sensible methods lead to happy ferrets. As for food for the ferret, I feed mine on dried foods. "James Wellbeloved" is easy to get and costs £35-40 but a sack will last for months if kept right. I use "Chudley's Ferret Complete" and pay £20.50 at the local pet/horsey shop. In the meantime, cat food can't be bad, but will mount up in cost. Ferrets can't half eat. Raw meat is always popular too. Ferrets like as big a cage as you can find, but keep dry and make sure there is somewhere for a warm nest (wooden box wi
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    I use straw in the summer and hay in the winter. I haven't had any problems with ticks from the hay, only from bunny holes. Rod
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    Unbelieveable. I'm very pleased not to have read one word of support for these dobbers on The Hunting Life. They should be ashamed of themselves, as for putting that rot onto YouTube, it shows their mentality. Rod
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    I think dangerous cookies must be those really hard biscuits that can break your teeth. Rod
  24. Greenrodders
    I asked a keeper-friend this question a while back. He keeps three hobs together with no fighting. He also has four jills in another cub in the same shed. He does say the hobs get a bit too intimate for his liking, :friends: but hey-ho, this is the age of tolerance. I guess the answer might be that it depends on the hobs involved and their characters (or preferences) Rodders
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