ferret cages

[fieldsportsman 107]

hi all, looking at getting a ferret in about a month. I dont fancy paying out 70 pound+ for a cage/court so I thought it might be an idea to make my own simple one to hold 2 feretts at the most. I was wondering if people could post pictures of home made ones up to give me some ideas. Would a large old or new rabbit cage be an idea to use and just add plattforms myself. I will also proberly keep the cage in a shed would this be ok.

[wilson4347 5]

Rabbit hutch should be fine but would be handy to extend it so they had a decent size run aswel mate.

 

keeping it indoors in a shed is ok, keeps them out of bad weather however make sure it has windows/door open in daytime, dont leave them in total darkness.

 

Handle them as much as poss mate, i can let my ferrets roam free in garden whilst washing cars etc and they dont go far, just gota get them tame and theyl be fine.

 

Hope this helps

[fieldsportsman 107]

Rabbit hutch should be fine but would be handy to extend it so they had a decent size run aswel mate.

 

keeping it indoors in a shed is ok, keeps them out of bad weather however make sure it has windows/door open in daytime, dont leave them in total darkness.

 

Handle them as much as poss mate, i can let my ferrets roam free in garden whilst washing cars etc and they dont go far, just gota get them tame and theyl be fine.

 

Hope this helps

thanks very helpful.

[stubby 175]

use the "search" function, theres hundreds of cage pictures, if you take the time to look

[theferreter 311]

my hutches

[kobi2k4 2]

i aint dissing anything mate, but ul proberly find by the time u have brought all the wood, mesh, felt, hinges and whatever els u need ur proberly looking at a good 100quid for a decent size one with run if u cant get things free or near as free lol ... have a look round and see what u can get and stuff, altho nothing needs to be fancy. mine started off in a converted dog kennle i put a door on and cut an hole in side and meshed lol ... still use it now when they all need seperateing lol.

[HUnter_zero 58]

i aint dissing anything mate, but ul proberly find by the time u have brought all the wood, mesh, felt, hinges and whatever els u need ur proberly looking at a good 100quid for a decent size one with run

 

 

You can say that again!! I had to put a second floor in my ferret hutch. Two packs of pine floor boards & screws cost me £50 at B&Q.

 

John

[kevin from bristol 95]

if its any help my [bANNED TEXT] made me up this small one i house two jills in it

[The one 8,524]

Only thing about buying a rabbit hutch is it may have chicken wire on it or plastic coated wire with the meshes a bit to big

[tb25 4,627]

make one mate gives you a sence of pride. well it did me al get a pic up later

[jenksi87 3]

if you look at my hobs hutch on my other post mate, thats home made. heavy as f**k though, but will last a lifetime. (it takes two to even think about picking it up).

12mm ply and scraps of wood from work.

didnt cost me a penny

[stubby 175]

my ferret court is made using an old anderson shelter (from the war) and our neighbour was dismantling theirs, so I asked for some panels, and made a hutch to match the ferret court

 

 

 

[trapper123 7]

thats great stubby i think that is the best looking one i have ever seen nice one mate. :clapper: :clapper:

[stealthy1 3,964]

My effort

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=96985&st=0

[judge2010 196]

my ferret court is made using an old anderson shelter (from the war) and our neighbour was dismantling theirs, so I asked for some panels, and made a hutch to match the ferret court

 

 

 

 

 

top job mate.