will NEVER use straw again

[max abell 196]

Our ferret court needed its weekly clean out and my daughter bought 3 bags of straw at the local pet centre at £4 a small bag to put in the big sleeping compartment we normaly use shredded paper but we had run out so the daughter thought she would give them a change the ferrets a couple of days later started scratching like mad took a look at them and they are infested with ticks they were stuck behind there ears and even stuck on the faces of a couple of the jills so rather than going ferreting today we spent the whole day sterilising the whole ferret court my daughter picked off and killed what ticks she could off the 10 ferrets and i had some frontline left under the sink so we frontlined them all and the jack russell hope this has killed them all

we will never use straw again you think at £4 a little bag it would be treated with something to reduce the ticks to say we were pi**ed off would be an understatement

[robbo 867]

i just buy a bale from the local farmers and ive never had any trouble mate. £2 for a bale up here.lasts for ages.

[JoeD 24]

Never had a problem with straw, we get ours from a farm supplier at about £3/4 a big bag.

Never had ticks or anything.

 

Joe

[CarraghsGem 92]

got mites from straw lately, only had it in kennel with 1 dog which is the worst off, few of them have mites now, im hoping frontline will solve the problem.

[longnetter 32]

I stopped using hay and straw years ago, there's so much crap on the market I used to throw away loads I started putting the word around that I needed shredded paper for my ferrets and I've never run out since....can't remember how long ago that was.

[John-B 4]

never had any bother with straw when i have had no choice to use it, I have this year had a small problem with a few batches of hay which was totally full of thistles and nettles and obviously no good for ferrets, going to go back to my pet food and horse food place and buy a big bale at a time.

[andy s410c 61]

Never had a problem with the straw the missus bring back from the stables.Read that a few times on here about ticks ,etc in shop bought bedding

[John-B 4]

Never had a problem with the straw the missus bring back from the stables.Read that a few times on here about ticks ,etc in shop bought bedding

 

 

oi shipwreck how did you get on today? spooky we both replied to this thread at the same time lol

[Jamie m 668]

I use old clothes shreded mixed with sawdust and shreded paper warm as toast in there

[andy s410c 61]

Never had a problem with the straw the missus bring back from the stables.Read that a few times on here about ticks ,etc in shop bought bedding

 

 

oi shipwreck how did you get on today? spooky we both replied to this thread at the same time lol

Be putting a post up tomorrow cookieboy...too knackered at the moment

[John-B 4]

Never had a problem with the straw the missus bring back from the stables.Read that a few times on here about ticks ,etc in shop bought bedding

 

 

oi shipwreck how did you get on today? spooky we both replied to this thread at the same time lol

Be putting a post up tomorrow cookieboy...too knackered at the moment

 

what a fairy haha

[stealthy1 3,964]

I never use hay or straw any more, I only use shavings and cross shredded paper mixed 50/50, I found ticks on my ferrets in the Summer when they had not been out to work, so I suspected the hay had harboured ticks, not had any problems since

[John-B 4]

I never use hay or straw any more, I only use shavings and cross shredded paper mixed 50/50, I found ticks on my ferrets in the Summer when they had not been out to work, so I suspected the hay had harboured ticks, not had any problems since

 

Maybe they caught them from you :whistling:

[Mick C. 229]

Shredded paper and shavings these days.

 

Ferrets and dogs ended up with ticks from the last bail of straw.

 

You can buy them shredding machines,failing that if you know some one who works in an office ,they should be able to supply you FREE OF CHARGE

[joe14 98]

I'd never use straw, seen what damage it can do when it gets 'places' in both male and female ferrets,

I just use old jumpers and cheap blankets, wash em when they get grubby lasts agess, dont cost owt and no problems if you

keep their nails short.