ferrit info please

[ginger 0]

hi all,i am a lurcherman and have been lamping for years and just want to know how much is involved in keeping ferrits as i want to give it a go info please guys? cheers

[Ideation 8,216]

Quantify/Qualify what you mean by 'how much is involved' - thats a pretty open ended question.

 

Basics - you need a big enough, dry, draft proof run with sleeping compartment, you need to get some ferrets (more than one best), which could be done in next month or so (kits coming soon). Then you need to handle them lots so they are tame and friendly. You need to give them regular water and food - either meat or dried food. I also flea drop mine.

 

So thats the basics of keeping them - respect and care for them as you would any other animal. But once cage is set up they are cheap to feed (mine eat whatever game i have about - mainly rabbit) and care for.

 

O and when they come into season you can run them with a vac hob or get the jabbed to take them out of season without having to breed. Vacin a hob costs about 60 quid and the jab about 12.

 

 

Ummmmmmmm....... handle them lots.

 

Thats about it, until you work them.

 

Jai.

 

Where you from?

[Quixote 9]

Feed them, water them, handle them, keep them clean, & don't keep entire hobs in with the jills unless you're prepared to find homes for the ones you don't want to keep!

 

That's about it, mate. It ain't a black art

[Ideation 8,216]

And get your self some bits of tube for them to run through - good practice and they get used to being picked up from holes. Don't be afraid of your ferret, be confident, firm but gentle with them and they will be come amazing companions and workers. Often i walk about the house with one riding in my hoodie front pocket, one riding in the hood and one sitting on my shoulder. . . . . . . . which gets some funny looks, but their great. Mind you my one jill gets a bit jealous of my girlfriend and gave her a nip on the face when she tried to kiss me!

 

Jai.

[ginger 0]

Quantify/Qualify what you mean by 'how much is involved' - thats a pretty open ended question.

 

Basics - you need a big enough, dry, draft proof run with sleeping compartment, you need to get some ferrets (more than one best), which could be done in next month or so (kits coming soon). Then you need to handle them lots so they are tame and friendly. You need to give them regular water and food - either meat or dried food. I also flea drop mine.

 

So thats the basics of keeping them - respect and care for them as you would any other animal. But once cage is set up they are cheap to feed (mine eat whatever game i have about - mainly rabbit) and care for.

 

O and when they come into season you can run them with a vac hob or get the jabbed to take them out of season without having to breed. Vacin a hob costs about 60 quid and the jab about 12.

 

 

Ummmmmmmm....... handle them lots.

 

Thats about it, until you work them.

 

Jai.

 

Where you from?

lowestoft,suffolk mate, so when u get them as kitts how long would u handle them for a day?

[joe14 98]

I would handle them as much as poss through the day.

Bear in mind theyre not just going to sit there, they'l want to be down exploring

so I would get a run or a shed that you can sit in with em lol.

Make sure theyve had a run round first though and they'v got a belly

full of meat so theyre less inclined to bite.

Edited March 27, 2010 by joe14

[kobi2k4 2]

if you got youngens too, get them handleing them, the ferrts will become tamer quicker and get used to been handled in the most weird ways lol ... handle them loads and loads, make noise when feeding them (rattle food or squeek), that way they get used to u calling them and wll be a lttle easyer to pck up from holes and get back.

[joe14 98]

Or if you dont want to tame kits get a couple of adults from a rescue centre, IMO theyre

better for first timers and they'l be already nip trained etc.

[jf1970 328]

it's good to see someone asking for advice before getting a ferret,to many times it's the other way round,atb

[ginger 0]

Or if you dont want to tame kits get a couple of adults from a rescue centre, IMO theyre

better for first timers and they'l be already nip trained etc.

great info cheers lads! will be getting a pair before start of next season, is it best to get both the same sex? and just hope my beddy whippet doesnt get jelous lol!!

[jf1970 328]

Or if you dont want to tame kits get a couple of adults from a rescue centre, IMO theyre

better for first timers and they'l be already nip trained etc.

great info cheers lads! will be getting a pair before start of next season, is it best to get both the same sex? and just hope my beddy whippet doesnt get jelous lol!!

 

get same sex if you don't want to breed,try and get them soon so that they have plenty of handling and they get used to dog and the dog gets used to them atb

[The one 8,487]

See if anybody local to you has ferrets and go and see what involed mate before you decide what and how many you want ,and you can ask them all the questions you want

[kobi2k4 2]

where u bassed ginger? mighten be someone here u can go see for a few and see whats going on!!!

[longnetter 32]

Or if you dont want to tame kits get a couple of adults from a rescue centre, IMO theyre

better for first timers and they'l be already nip trained etc.

 

Bloody good advice there mate Ginger, if you can get to the East Anglian Game Fair end of April The Cambs Ferret Welfare are there and will see you alright...I'll be there if you ask for me .

 

ATB

[the hunter 0]

theres been good advice atb ginger