how do you stop a ferret...

[jenksi87 3]

my jills keep dragging food into the sleeping part of their hutch. i have changed there food and there on the same as my dogs now. frozen blocks of beef, chicken and tripe. its in very tiny pieces and i thought this would help, aswell as it being easier to feed them all the same food.

they are just getting a mouth full of food and putting it in the other side to eat later.

it seems to be the new kitts doing it the most although my elder jill does it sometimes. will they continue doing this or will they grow out of it?

i clean them out everyday when i feed them but change there bedding once or twice a week.

its not so bad when its cold but when it gets warmer theres fly everywhere as without changing there bedding everyday, there doesnt seem to be much i can do.

any advise would be much appreciated

thanks

[watchman 256]

,i used to feed at night and remove any left over in morning its all about good house keeping mate atb

[stubby 175]

hiding food is a trait with ferts, especialy when you have a few house together, as long as your not feeding too much, they should still eat what they have "hidden" in the same night, if your finding stored food in the corners, then your feeding too much....

[clabstar 2]

mine does that when i put a rabbit in he will drag it threw to his bed and eat it

[Malt 379]

Mine were buggers for doing that until I switched to mince. They all eat at the same bowl lovely now.

[Kay 3,709]

Thinking logically would you want to eat in the wide open , even big cats like to hide there food from other predators

[The one 8,504]

As stubby said cut down there grub so they eat it in one sitting or feed at night and remove the rest in the morning

 

That frozen stuffs okay for adult ferrets but a few years back i feed my kitts on it and they all tuned out like seals i'd to get the lot put down

[max abell 196]

We house 10 jills together in a big court and they always try and hoard the food from

each other but as long as you check in the morning and remove any food they have stored

deffo in the summer you wont have any probs

As stubby says if you keep finding loads you may be feeding them to much cut it down a bit

[Michael lomax 0]

i have 3 in n they all do it

[benny 1 5]

My ferrets hiss at one another sometimes when its feeding time. I think its all for excitment but again mine take there food away from the other ferret. My wee jill kit gets hold on the bowl and drags it around with her to stop the other kit from eating its funny to watch, just shows they are intelligent animals.

 

FM

[Bevwallis 7]

Everything mine are fed is dragged off to bed.

I have always excepted it as something ferrets just do- wherever their food is any left uneaten needs removing quite quickly this time of year anyway-it might be easier to feed whole animals then you can pick up the bones etc rather than trying to pick out mince

 

The other thing one jill does with a rabbit is"kill" it- she throws and shakes the thing all over the place before finally dragging it off

[jenksi87 3]

The other thing one jill does with a rabbit is"kill" it- she throws and shakes the thing all over the place before finally dragging it off

 

my kits are doing that aswell. its funny to watch. they go absolutely nuts when i put full rabbits in.