fitness training ferrets

[jf1970 328]

hi, was just wondering what other ferreters do to get there ferrets into shape after they have had a rest during the summer(probably a bit early for this).do you start getting them ready a couple of weeks before?maybe change their diet,more exercise ect. i have just finished ferreting my first season,would be interesting to know how others get their ferts ready atb

[RaiderBoy 19]

hi, was just wondering what other ferreters do to get there ferrets into shape after they have had a rest during the summer(probably a bit early for this).do you start getting them ready a couple of weeks before?maybe change their diet,more exercise ect. i have just finished ferreting my first season,would be interesting to know how others get their ferts ready atb

 

I run mine about the house for a few hours every few days all year around keeps them fit as a fiddle they love it, keeps the family happy because they love playing with them and its a great way to socialise new ferrets.

 

Richard

[Guest jt750]

Get them a treaadmill and a training coat ..and put 2 ounces of sand in each corner pocket of the coat and keep them on the treadmill for about an hour a day

[jf1970 328]

Get them a treaadmill and a training coat ..and put 2 ounces of sand in each corner pocket of the coat and keep them on the treadmill for about an hour a day

 

don't think i could even do that

[stubby 175]

feed them carrots, gets their eyes in condition, sleeky coat too

[ferretsandhawks 47]

get a ferret ball,its like the big hamster ball where you put them inside and they run around in it,i have a big garden so just stick them in the ball and let them go around the garden!!!

[rob190364 2,594]

get them a harness and a mini extending lead, you have to take them somewhere remote though or you'll end up spending an hour answering a variety of the following questions (as I have done many times):

 

is it a squirrel?

is it a beaver?

is it an otter?

is it a rat?

is it a badger (????!!!!)?

 

Good way of chatting up birds though

[Jamie m 668]

i let mine out in the shed every day if i can , i have found that ferrets love the smell of new things and cant resist investigating , myne soon get bored with what ever i put in the shed or cages ,i find it important letting them out at the moment as they are seperated , go to a carpet shop they will have tons of cardboard tubes around the back the new smell will be iresistable to even a big old lazy hob ,and when they get bored just recycle em an get new ones , an old watering can, old leather footballs with holes in cut like flaps when they get bored of them i put them in the other cage the smell of the ferrets they are seperated from gets um going for a bit, a ferrets main asset is its nose ,new scent keeps um busy, myne even like a little dig on the flower bed sometimes but them cardboard tubes are good you can get as much and as long as you like then chuck um and get new as you want. :thumbs:hope this helps

Edited March 24, 2010 by Jamie m

[waidmann 105]

the best excercise for mine is scrapping with the dogs,they love each other!

as soon as the ferretsare in the house the dogs are going mad,if the dogs are asleep the ferrets run to them and jump all over them untill they play with them

 

give them a half hour and thats that,dogs and ferrets are happy,socialised and most inportantly TIRED.

they don't bother when ferreting as rabbits are very high on the order of fun for both

 

waidmann

[whin 463]

we keep them fit up by by having them down trouser,we put ferrets we put them down our trousers who lasts the longest has the best ferret lol, youse are soft in the head ,keeping ferrets fit etc feed them and give them enough room to muck about they will keep fit ,

[Hannah4181 260]

we keep them fit up by by having them down trouser,we put ferrets we put them down our trousers who lasts the longest has the best ferret lol, youse are soft in the head ,keeping ferrets fit etc feed them and give them enough room to muck about they will keep fit ,

 

 

Can you expand on " Who lasts the longest"???

[poacher3161 1,766]

Try and find a swimming pool that will let you take your ferrets for a swim but dont forget the hair dryer to dry them off [bANNED TEXT] they have done

[stubby 175]

Try and find a swimming pool that will let you take your ferrets for a swim but dont forget the hair dryer to dry them off [bANNED TEXT] they have done

 

 

mine have a swimming pool

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuCy30W3ckg

[tb25 4,627]

thats sound mate they look like there in joyin there selfs