Sulking Ferret

[caterpiller 10]

Just another few things that MIGHT be spooking her

 

If she has been kept in a cage(probably raised off the floor to keep little peoples fingers out etc..... ) All she will have seen of yourself is your Face and Hands??????

Put yourself in the Ferrets shoes for 2 minutes !!!!! If something STRANGE a 100+times the size of you reached down to take hold of you???? YOU WOULD FAIR SH*T YOURSELF ????? I like to play with the Ferrets on the Patio as Kits so they get used to GIANTS GENTLY Picking them up for a stroke etc...... this is only MY OPINION, you do as you wish, ITS YOUR FERRET AT THE END OF THE DAY.

Not everyone and everything have the same attitude to things ??????

 

Best Wishes with him/her and hope you have a fantastic season

[Guest shadowz]

hi mate.

I had exactly that same problem. i persevered and it got nowhere. cut your losses, save your food and nut it off mate, it's for the best

 

And they wonder why rescues wont rehome to working homes

 

Exactly WORKING!!! Why the f**k would you keep a ferret for years that doesn't work. Working people to my knowledge do nat ask rescue orgs for ferrets

it really pisses me of when people try and accuse realistic working people of being unsuitable owners

Have you never heard of culling?! Stupid fluffy b*****ds are the reason so many problems occure with mass breed rubbish

 

Rant over thankyou

 

 

Keep one for years ?

You have just recommended that someone kill their ferrets at the age of 6 months after she has worked 2 snotty times - who is the stupid one giving crap advice like that.

No one is saying people should keep a ferret who wont work but there is certainly a lot better choices then killing them ( if one had a concience which obviously you dont )

I think you will find A LOT of people ask rescues for working ferrets ( around 60-70% ask us for working ferrets - sadly its a big no from us to rehome to working homes - it didnt use to be like that but since joining this forum no way would I want any of my guys living with the majority of people from here )

This forum is giving working ferrets a real bad name instead of educating people.

There is totally no need to cull or anything like that - if there is to many ferrets then stop bloody breeding ( but then u breed a lot dont you ? You are local to me and my friend know you )

[Tiny 7 1,694]

I've been out with my three jills today which is the second time this year, they are six month old and handled every day. On both outings the two albiano's work very well and go in and out of the free holes(I longnet the hedge)and purse net the easy holes. The polecat mix has now on both outings sulked in the first hole and refuse to come out, over four hours. When eventually she comes close I grab her and she bites and hisses at me and if I drop her to the floor she attacks my boots etc. When she calms down I can pick her up no problems. I told the wife that she would have to go, thats the ferret not the wife and she said that she may improve. Has anybody got any ideas on how I can stop her sulking in the holes??

 

Get rid of it......

Hate sulkers what type of houseing have you got it in?

[longdog13 36]

hi mate.

I had exactly that same problem. i persevered and it got nowhere. cut your losses, save your food and nut it off mate, it's for the best

 

And they wonder why rescues wont rehome to working homes

 

Exactly WORKING!!! Why the f**k would you keep a ferret for years that doesn't work. Working people to my knowledge do nat ask rescue orgs for ferrets

it really pisses me of when people try and accuse realistic working people of being unsuitable owners

Have you never heard of culling?! Stupid fluffy b*****ds are the reason so many problems occure with mass breed rubbish

 

Rant over thankyou

 

 

Keep one for years ?

You have just recommended that someone kill their ferrets at the age of 6 months after she has worked 2 snotty times - who is the stupid one giving crap advice like that.

No one is saying people should keep a ferret who wont work but there is certainly a lot better choices then killing them ( if one had a concience which obviously you dont )

I think you will find A LOT of people ask rescues for working ferrets ( around 60-70% ask us for working ferrets - sadly its a big no from us to rehome to working homes - it didnt use to be like that but since joining this forum no way would I want any of my guys living with the majority of people from here )

This forum is giving working ferrets a real bad name instead of educating people.

There is totally no need to cull or anything like that - if there is to many ferrets then stop bloody breeding ( but then u breed a lot dont you ? You are local to me and my friend know you )

 

 

Really,

this should be interesting.

There is only one person local to me that i know off here. So, if you think i breed regular, i think you need to come and see me. Don't be some sly c**t about it.

Look at my posts. One litter to rehome this year, and they were free if i remember rightly. Also. your friend was happy to have one! Did you not want to home one with him?

Don't be a mug and try to make me out to be something i'm not. I tend to take offence to people saying they know me when they dont!!!

Edited December 2, 2009 by longdog13

[auld salmon 28]

?? do you not have a ferret finder and do you know if she was working a rabbit at a blank end did she have any fur on her claws give her a chance

[Pigeon Controller 1]

?? do you not have a ferret finder and do you know if she was working a rabbit at a blank end did she have any fur on her claws give her a chance

No it was a three holer under a tree she just runs back and forth to the holes. no fur on her claws. Her two albino sisters pop out of the holes no problem.

[j davies 8]

?? do you not have a ferret finder and do you know if she was working a rabbit at a blank end did she have any fur on her claws give her a chance

No it was a three holer under a tree she just runs back and forth to the holes. no fur on her claws. Her two albino sisters pop out of the holes no problem.

 

answer me this one mate do all people pass there driving test first time no they dont and why because we are all diff thats why some ferrets take longer than others like i said on this tread i will have the ferret off you and this time next year let you no how she is bet she makes a good working one.

[jacrabbit 0]

she just a bit shy. she will get there

[tjones3862 3,423]

hi mate.

I had exactly that same problem. i persevered and it got nowhere. cut your losses, save your food and nut it off mate, it's for the best

 

And they wonder why rescues wont rehome to working homes

 

Exactly WORKING!!! Why the f**k would you keep a ferret for years that doesn't work. Working people to my knowledge do nat ask rescue orgs for ferrets

it really pisses me of when people try and accuse realistic working people of being unsuitable owners

Have you never heard of culling?! Stupid fluffy b*****ds are the reason so many problems occure with mass breed rubbish

 

Rant over thankyou

 

 

Keep one for years ?

You have just recommended that someone kill their ferrets at the age of 6 months after she has worked 2 snotty times - who is the stupid one giving crap advice like that.

No one is saying people should keep a ferret who wont work but there is certainly a lot better choices then killing them ( if one had a concience which obviously you dont )

I think you will find A LOT of people ask rescues for working ferrets ( around 60-70% ask us for working ferrets - sadly its a big no from us to rehome to working homes - it didnt use to be like that but since joining this forum no way would I want any of my guys living with the majority of people from here )

This forum is giving working ferrets a real bad name instead of educating people.

There is totally no need to cull or anything like that - if there is to many ferrets then stop bloody breeding ( but then u breed a lot dont you ? You are local to me and my friend know you )

 

 

well said and they dont no who else is reading it tj

[Coneytrappr 30]

hi mate.

I had exactly that same problem. i persevered and it got nowhere. cut your losses, save your food and nut it off mate, it's for the best

 

And they wonder why rescues wont rehome to working homes

 

Exactly WORKING!!! Why the f**k would you keep a ferret for years that doesn't work. Working people to my knowledge do nat ask rescue orgs for ferrets

it really pisses me of when people try and accuse realistic working people of being unsuitable owners

Have you never heard of culling?! Stupid fluffy b*****ds are the reason so many problems occure with mass breed rubbish

 

Rant over thankyou

 

 

Keep one for years ?

You have just recommended that someone kill their ferrets at the age of 6 months after she has worked 2 snotty times - who is the stupid one giving crap advice like that.

No one is saying people should keep a ferret who wont work but there is certainly a lot better choices then killing them ( if one had a concience which obviously you dont )

I think you will find A LOT of people ask rescues for working ferrets ( around 60-70% ask us for working ferrets - sadly its a big no from us to rehome to working homes - it didnt use to be like that but since joining this forum no way would I want any of my guys living with the majority of people from here )

This forum is giving working ferrets a real bad name instead of educating people.

There is totally no need to cull or anything like that - if there is to many ferrets then stop bloody breeding ( but then u breed a lot dont you ? You are local to me and my friend know you )

Don't tar all ferreters with the same brush, not everyone treats their ferrets like rubbish. When one of my jills didn't turn out to work as expected I kept her- and I am quicker at obtaining and more liberal with vet care than a lot of folks I know who keep ferrets just as pets.

[jacrabbit 0]

[Hob&Jill 258]

I agree as shes young its definitely worth carrying on a few times as it is all new for them but saying that Ive never had a ferret that sulks get any better. A sulking ferret can ruin a day and make things 10 time harder personally I wouldnt put up with it too long as ive never found they get much better.

 

The way ive got them out is to tie a rabbit onto a pegged purse net and put the rabbit in the mouth of the hole, when the ferret finds the rabbits you will see the net twitching. You can do this to as many holes as you like. Meens you can watch all the holes for the ferret.

[The one 8,482]

Same here i dont think it will get better you start wriggling a dead rabbit down the hole for the ferret to latch on to then pull her out then soon she doesn't latch on any more as she relizes its already dead ,and what do you do till you get your first rabbit of the day ??

[Hob&Jill 258]

Well obviously thats a problem if you dont have any rabbits. Depends how bad it is too, some just feck about abit but you can get them soon enough but ive had them where you cant even get near to them, nightmare. It works for me if you have to get one out.

 

But like I said I wouldnt keep a ferret that sulks or a ferret that dosent work well but if you do have one that does consistently sulk then thats the way that I get them out ASAP then that would probably be the end of there ferreting career.

 

 

Also, just because some blokes want to keep the best stock they can and not tollerate poor workers does not meen we keep them like 'rubbish' Ive got a 6x4 shed and a outside run with pipes, hammock etc for mine but if a ferrets not up to the job then Ive got no reason to keep it? As much as I like my ferrets I wouldnt keep them for pets.

[jacrabbit 0]

still no need to kill them