Guest Erin go bragh Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Hello everyone i have only got my first two ever ferrets i have got 2 hobs a polecat and an albino i hear that if u spit on ur finger and let them lick it up it tames them is this true and if anyone else has any other tips on keepin my ferrets tame and things like that please say i would also like to know a few tips on hunting as i wanna hunt them when they are older Quote Link to post
Guest moomin300uk Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 funny you asked about the spit as a pal was round at mine before and he spat on his hand for the ferrets and they seemed to like it i had never heard of it before... Quote Link to post
Guest Erin go bragh Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Yeh quite a few people have told me about it so they have but im just wonderin does it let the ferret know u more or [bANNED TEXT] Quote Link to post
Guest moomin300uk Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 something like that mate but it is strange i have a adult hob had it couple of months now its very tame never bite me anyway tonight it tryed to bite my pal so he done the spit thing then it was ok i aint shitting you and he was okat then... wierd Quote Link to post
Guest Erin go bragh Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Feck must have some sort of effect then lol thanks for that Quote Link to post
jonathan 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 don't do it when you are ill because the ferrets can catch things Quote Link to post
woodga 170 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 THERE,S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CONSTANT HANDLING OF YOUNG FERRETS TO GET THEM USED TO BEING PICKED UP IF YOU DONT PLAY WITH THEM AND HANDLE THEM DAILY WHEN THEY TURN ON YOU AND YOUR AWAKE WITH A THROBBING FINGER YOU WILL WISH YOU HAD THE SPIT THING IS JUST THE SALT IN YOUR SALIVA ALL FERRETS WILL LICK IT OFF YOUR HANDS OR FINGERS NOTHING SPECIAL IN THAT AS I SAID BEFORE HANDLING THEM ALL THE TIME WILL PAY DIVIDENDS LATER ON good hunting all woodga :ph34r: Quote Link to post
jonathan 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 that right and is the best way Quote Link to post
Guest RobW71 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Don't mess around when you pick them up, straight in and lift them, dangling fingers will prove a nice target for any Ferret with that edge about it I've got a couple Jills which'll bite if not scooped straight up. Be a confident handler Regards Rob Quote Link to post
Guest wickidweasel Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Be a confident handler Regards Rob All the fannying about only seems to encourage biting. Personally i would use milk or something and not risk giving the ferret something from my spit Quote Link to post
Guest Erin go bragh Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Aye i do that im not affraid of my ferrets but every time when i sit on the floor to play with them u see my wirst they keep biting the other side and clawing at it lol any idea why and should i not let them do this? My polecat has a problem it is just over 8 weeks old hob it looked like he was trying to squueze his insides out his arse so i brought him to the vet and she told me to put this cream she gimmie on it to stop it from drying up so when it gos to go back in it wont be much of a problem she also gave me therse tablets that dissolve in water that i have to give him a quarter of 1 a day outta a siringe for 8 days has anyone else had this problem before? Quote Link to post
Guest ferreting king Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 yes that is true in a way. if you spit on your hand and the ferret licks it up it will then recongine your spit and think of you as the owner. but in some ways it tames them but the best way to tame them is a flick on the nose if they bite you Quote Link to post
SeanTheHawker 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 flicking em will just make em hand shy if you handle em often they will stop nipping, they just do it as there curious. if they bite in 3 months, then maybe use this, but for now there not biter, just kits Quote Link to post
woodga 170 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 yes that is true in a way. if you spit on your hand and the ferret licks it up it will then recongine your spit and think of you as the owner. but in some ways it tames them but the best way to tame them is a flick on the nose if they bite you your a bottom less pit of knowledge :11: :11: :11: iv got ten working ferrets and a few youngsters at ten weeks and they dont bite me all ferrets test things with their mouths you just have to play with them and dont flick them on the nose each time they take hold of you because most imes they are only playing if you have handled the ferrets from a young age and put the time in with them you will get steady hand tame ferrets young ferrets are very easy to scare and once you have hurt it it wont forget nothing worse than seeing young ferrets arch their backs hissing when some one goes to handle them in MHO its the handlers who make or break a ferret good hunting all woodga :ph34r: Quote Link to post
Guest wickidweasel Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Nose flicking only seems to piss them off more and knocks kits confidence stick a bit of aftershave on your wrists or somthing. Is it a playfull kit nipping or and agressive adult? or is it the same one with the problem? Quote Link to post
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