dodgy ferret

[turbo28 1]

Just been to some auctions for some hens,saw a few polecat jills for sale,nice small ones,so decided to bid on one and got her,i removed her from her box and put her in with my jills,she ran straight to the nest box,i put this down to a tireing day.next day i wanted to clean out the cage so i always let the ferrets run around my yard freely,however my newly aquired jill didnt come out,so i removed her and put her down,her tail was bushed right up and she just kept running from me,what i need to know is,will i get her trust?is it because she's new to me?or has she just never been handled?in wich case what should i do to improve her,because i wanted to work her alongside my other jills,but if she's gona run off she'll be no good.....

[johnrthrfrd 223]

probably never been handled much just keep handeling her and she should come round, usualy the case with ferrets in auctions and sales people havent bothered with them then just hoy them in to get rid of them

john.

[romany52 313]

It's a very bad idea to put newly acquired ferrets in with your own, especially when you don't even know where they've come from! You should quarantine them for awhile, you don't know what you may be introducing to your stock.

[The one 8,504]

Keep handling her and see how it goes ,but why do you think folk are selling ferrets at this time of year at auction

[Coneytrappr 30]

Should tame down and come good, lots of patience and handling.

[Guest crobinc840]

It really helps putting vitamin paste on their belly's while holding and petting them. I would quarintine it too you wouldn't want to lose all your stock due to one new one.

[Kay 3,709]

Allowing the animal to settle in to its new home & get it used to you handling will help greatly.. then once the animal trusts you the rest will fall into place :thumbs:

[ferrety f 23]

Out of the box, chucked in an unfamiliar cage with strange new smells and new ferrets she has never met..

 

Give her time mate.. should have kept her seperate for a while until she settled in and got used to you

 

how would you feel in the same circumstances

[turbo28 1]

Just like to let everyone know,that 'dodgy' little ferret i got,is now lovely to handle,she's settled in and im looking forward to working her......thanks for the advice!!!....ive just aquired a very big hob...bought new cage this time..he gets over exited when out and has a tendencey to bite...im hopeing to bring him on any advice would help thanks...would putting jills in with him calm him??