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took my 2 hobs out at the weekend and 1 of them wouldnt work the holes he was just sat in the entrance as far as i could see he was scratching the the roof of hes mouth with hes nails. is this normal he was doin it most of the day.

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should of picked him up straight away and had a look in his mouth,he will of had a bit of bone or something stuck,was he salivating out of one side of his mouth,(drooling ),pays to check your ferts before you box em up,for a trip,and while you collar them up

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whats the point of using a ferret that is "savage" in your words, if he cant be handled, leave him at home till you can

 

scruff him on the back of neck, he'll open his mouth for you to look at least, then if your not confident about putting your fingers in there, its a trip to the vets

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<BR>the 1 with the problem is a bit savage, is there a safe-ish way to open hes mouth?<BR>
<BR><BR>as said before,grab him by the scruff and lift him up,he should stay still long enough to have a look,think you should be handling him alot more if he is a bit "savage".how often is he being handled?should be every day or every 2nd at least so he can get used to you,then take him out.atb <IMG class=bbc_emoticon alt=:thumbs: src="http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/thumbs.gif"> <BR>
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took my 2 hobs out at the weekend and 1 of them wouldnt work the holes he was just sat in the entrance as far as i could see he was scratching the the roof of hes mouth with hes nails. is this normal he was doin it most of the day.

 

Bring him to medway at the weekend and i'll help you out if you've not had him to the vets by then.

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thanks longdog apreciate the offer but as i said seems fine now and i managed to open hes mouth easily enough in the end and saw no signs of anything. checked the other 1 too to get a better idea of what a healthy mouth looks like. n i am handling them regulary one of ems perfectly fine to handle, just the other1 i dnt know perhaps he gets too much meat so thinks im dinner, i can pick hem up easy enough thow.was just unsure about goin near hes mouth.so if being able to pick hem up means hes not savage,i obviously do handle em enough stubby.

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