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  1. GreyRake
    Just north of Coldstream, imagine a triangle between Simprim, Swinton and Swintonmill... and the surrounding area. They say they've got a rabbit problem. Ive not looked personally but your welcome to check it out. I hate hedgerows haha, all yours.... or the local ferreter who sees this first I guess. To the north of Hume castle is also a nice whin bush site but good luck with those owners Thats all im dishing out for now. But yeah, borders is many empty holes, small pockets and"owned by an estate". Can waste days of fuel asking.
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    Good stuff.
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    Might have another week or two but thats it. Hope the weathers better next winter.
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    Few twigs, sticks, bit of moss, handful of grass or whatever's at hand over the holes will show you whats being used and will be quicker/easier.
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    if I keep a sniped hob and a Jill together will he take her out of season every year.He will take her out of season but he may damage her when hes in season and may need separating. A few jills and one snipped hob can work but all his attention on one jill?... Two castrated hobs A castrated hob and a jill (that needs taken out of season) A vasectomised hob and 2/3+ jills A couple jills (That need taken out of season) Those are your options to house together all year round in my opinion. Some people leave their jills in season which might be fine for them but I prefer to take mine out.
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    Thanks for the replies. They get dry also but like to make sure they have flesh in their diet too. Cutting off small amounts they eat straight away works, they don't go stashing it thankfully
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    if I keep a sniped hob and a Jill together will he take her out of season every year. He will take her out of season but he may damage her when hes in season and may need separating. A few jills and one snipped hob can work but all his attention on one jill?... Two castrated hobs A castrated hob and a jill (that needs taken out of season) A vasectomised hob and 2/3+ jills A couple jills (That need taken out of season) Those are your options to house together all year round in my opinion. Some people leave their jills in season which might be fine for them but I prefer to take min
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    Perhaps the main problem is smell but they've gone about it claiming they own sheds that should belong to me/my landlord. The deeds bleed some shared crap so only time will tell. I'm too close to a busy street filled with school kids and drunks to have them on show in a hutch especially when reading all these ferret theft threads. It's complicated. I can live with things like this assuming my girlfriend doesn't leave me haha. They are using a litter box which is great but f*** it needs emptied three times a day. Hob will loose his nuts soon. Got a freezer just for them and will just dock p
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    I have noticed fleas don't stick around but there may always be some lurking. Smoking them off with a fire works but that's effort I'd rather not got through with. That's what I'll do then, freeze for a few weeks.
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    Due to neighbour problems I've had to bring my ferrets indoors. Keeping the smell down is a battle but that's another story. I've tried a few things to feed rabbit indoors... hygienically. To stop them dragging it around their cage I've tried - a plastic box they can squeeze into but cant pull rabbit out of, tying the rabbit to one location in the cage and chopping off what I know they will eat (The successor) A worry is fleas and tics. Will freezing the rabbits first kill off these parasites? I remember as a kid we would freeze insects then watch them defrost and come back alive. Will these
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    Whats the best way to have the net hanging if rabbits could come from either direction? I usually have my poles slightly angled and the bagging hanging out but perhaps on this occasion vertical poles with bagging hanging straight down? Or will there be some unforeseen problems with this?
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    You jokers need some new material!
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    A smaller than 'small' ferret on rabbits will get thrown around. Might bolt the easy ones but will get a fair beating with the stubborn ones. Breeding the runts of the litter could very well lead to health problems within that line. I'm not against labeling different breeding lines though. No they are not different species but like the dog, they can very well be labeled in 'breed' categories in my opinion, especially in the long run. But selective breeding can arise problems like the angoras (Who don't take to their own young), pug ferrets (Unfortunately, yes) and silvers (Often deaf), you
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    A stop end holding 17 x 30cm rabbits? How longs your arm?!!
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    Sorry to hear that
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    My hob took a turn for the worse earlier this year. Turned out he had a pneumonia. He went off his food and lost a lot of weight in a mater of days, that was the worst period. He vomited up the oral antibiotics so I had to leave him with them for injections for a few days. Hes now 100% but will be prone to things like this again. They reckon he will have an overall problem with his immune system.
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    Kits are worse for it but tend to get better as they get older. They don't tend to travel as far and once they start using an area they will keep using it. Need to keep cleaning the unwanted areas to remove all smell as that will trigger them to go. Place a food bowl in one corner, water in another, bed in another etc
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    I wouldn't bin the nylons, keep them as extras for any big warrens, never know when you might need them
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    I've two jills that are about the same size, average in my opinion. One is a brief quick warren check and if a rabbit sticks she struggles to move it, sometimes, but bails within twenty minutes. The other takes longer but does a thorough job and has a better chance of making the bunnies move. My hob is medium-large and pins a lot, often kills, he used when I'm up for digging. All have their place in my arsenal and I use them accordingly. My point is size doesn't matter too much when using the average jill, it's more about how they like to work, they all have different methods. If you want
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    Go polyester. Rarely tangle and when they do its an obvious one move to sort. I started with nylons and had to untangle every evening after. Went poly and never looked back.
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    Like the guys have said it can start rough. Some just can't get on, end of. But most will eventually, even if one won't like the pecking order. The neutral ground is a great place to start, perhaps try a more confined no mans land for a longer period of time? Basically if nobody's bleeding each other or shitting in fear you could let it play through.... monitored, If it gets too much separate and try again later/tomorrow and so on.... Other than that share bedding, shit and bowls... or whatever shares the scent. Let the hutches be right beside each other. Through scent, trick them in to think
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    I made one recently but I found it was still too big. Holes can get very tight down there and the ferrets need to be free of such things to squeeze about. Having it tight against the ferret just showed fur and having it extended out from the ferret just a little caused it problems getting around.
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    Had a dog walker take photos of my car after scouting what we were doing. Really pissed me off
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    Have you trained a ferret his way or thought about it Minky?
  25. GreyRake
    Bit of wood or card if the weather suits. Stop nets through gaps or at either side. Scarecrow made from spade/coat or box/bag can divert them if they see it early.
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