Ferret with no tail

[The one 8,463]

Never had a ferret with no tail but had a few with a stump and i found it didn't affect them in the slightest

[Guest Countryboyo]

Hi all, I have a ferret kit, 1 week old that came out arse end first and got stuck, whilst the mother tried to extract the blockage, she pulled the tail off, she managed to get a better grip around its back legs ang got the kit ouyt, leaving it tail less and red sore skin.

 

Doers any one have seen this before and does any one work a tail-less ferret?

 

 

Pics to follow.

 

Thanks all

 

Saw a tailless ferret in a ferreting/lurcher dvd. ferret seemed to be working away fine anyway.

[daniel8822 0]

i got a ferret with out a tail she works fine

[john hubery 9]

Hers a ferret a jill with no tail that I have worked for three seasons, and she will be one of our best ferrets and will have bolted more rabbits than any other jill we have

 

 

 

 

[longdog13 36]

Hers a ferret a jill with no tail that I have worked for three seasons, and she will be one of our best ferrets and will have bolted more rabbits than any other jill we have

 

 

Thanks for all the replies peeps, i look forward to seeing her progress,

 

many thanks Longdog

[sikastag_1 689]

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Edited September 3, 2019 by grant_c

[coneycatcher17 3]

My friends best jill has no tail and a recurring cist on her face but shes quiet the jill now tough as nails

[Guest SUPERTED]

i dont think you should have any problem what so ever with because they dont use thier tails for anything

 

I don't know about that, i notice that they appear to use them for balance when using the rope ladders in their pen, also there is a bungie platform that they go on and their arse shifts like crazy.

 

Thank you

i had a full litter born with bob tails never affected them in the slightest,balance etc etc if there born that way they know no differrent

[Brimmer 220]

Blind, Deaf, Club foot, Half tail,Buck toothed are all things some people would hold against a ferret as a worker, also bieng an Albino, Polecat, Silver, Sandy, also sway people's judgements.

I would not be concerned if a ferret had every disfigurement in the book, and was any colour of pelt, as long as it showed the will to do what nature asked it to do, and was not in any pain, it will always have a place in my camp.

Nice to see so many folk value an animal on what could be ability rather than looks.

[auld salmon 28]

i had one 25 years ago just had a stump of a tail about half inch long called her [sTUMPI] one of the best ferrets ive had

Edited July 27, 2009 by auld salmon

[ferret15 0]

i had one 25 years ago just had a stump of a tail about half inch long called her [sTUMPI] one of the best ferrets ive had

 

 

i have a one here called stubbie and a tiny jill with one eye both work well.

[The one 8,463]

LOL mines called stumpy as well a cracking worker but the three of her sisters have normal tails so i think it was where the lid of a hutch was dropped on her tail as if you feel the tail theres a break and a kink just up from the end of it

[paulguns 0]

Hi all, I have a ferret kit, 1 week old that came out arse end first and got stuck, whilst the mother tried to extract the blockage, she pulled the tail off, she managed to get a better grip around its back legs ang got the kit ouyt, leaving it tail less and red sore skin.

 

Doers any one have seen this before and does any one work a tail-less ferret?

 

 

Pics to follow. ive got one tail and foot missing didnt think she would live but let nature take its course and she is 4 years old now and a good climber works well too if i new how to put pics on id put some of her

 

Thanks all

[driller killer 33]

I got a hob off this yrs litter, has also got the name stumpy now,(wonder how many stumpy,stubby,stubs,etc are out there?) think mom had a bit of a problem getting him out, im guessing he was the first as she struggled a bit with that 1.dont affect him any more than the others and there about 3mths old now.

But dont think a ferret will have to worry any more than normal with balance down a rabbit hole, maybe with climbing stuff but wont be doing too much of that down there, the odd root maybe but im sure he will be fine.

Dont get rid, adds caracter.

Cheers

[driller killer 33]

LOL mines called stumpy as well a cracking worker but the three of her sisters have normal tails so i think it was where the lid of a hutch was dropped on her tail as if you feel the tail theres a break and a kink just up from the end of it

My ones a bit like that,(my ferrets that is) kinda in a 'z', a sure case of "move it or lose it"