need advice

[ScottChimbur 0]

thinking about buyn a mussel for my ferrets to stop them killin down holes they dnt kill big rabbits its the small ones a dnt wont them killin would a mussel stop them from killing ?

[Fat-Ferret 857]

Dont muzzle your ferret. If you happen to loose it, it hasnt a chance and will suffer a long slow death.

[stubby 175]

how can people still think it ok to muzzle a ferret

[Ron Weasley 83]

thinking about buyn a mussel for my ferrets to stop them killin down holes they dnt kill big rabbits its the small ones a dnt wont them killin would a mussel stop them from killing ?

 

Do not do that in any circumstances. Just don't.

 

Muzzling ferrets is an 'olden days' approach to ferreting. All it does is mean leave your ferret unable to defend itself if it should come up against a rat, or a stoat for example, and ensure that in the event that you lost it, it'll die a long painful death by starvation.

 

It's a big no no.

[anthonytomo 8]

dont mussel it mate but i can understand where your coming from tho just feed it abit before you go out or wait till the rabbit babies grow abit

[The one 8,482]

Muzzling a ferrets probably highly illeagal these days and what if it meets something other than a rabbit down a burrow ??

[Jamie m 668]

Another option wait till the season starts

[scothunter 12,609]

i thought this practise was left in by gone days.as others have said in no account muzzle a fert and enter it into a warren.

[tote 854]

Another option wait till the season starts

 

There can be plenty of young rabbits about even during the "season" Jamie.

 

To be honest I've never had much bother with ferrets killing young rabbits, it usually takes them no time

at all to kill them then they move on to the next occupant in the bury.

[The one 8,482]

Be interested to see where you could buy a ferret muzzle though ,the few ive seen on ebay go for a pretty penny these days

[scothunter 12,609]

Why not go the whole hog and snap their eye teeth of.or get you mum to sew its gob up.

[theferreter 311]

how can people still think it ok to muzzle a ferret

cause there muppets mate people need to get with the times and get them selfs ferret locators

[KittleRox 2,147]

theres also a chance of the ferret getting cuaught up in tree roots etc,not worth the risk

[Scousejoe 0]

Get a locator instead of a muzzle,or as said before Waite a while till there's less chance of youngns mate

[sikastag_1 689]

as others have said mate dont even attempt it.