ferret sizes

[Jamie m 668]

Explain graigy I don't understand

[Craigr2415 0]

  On 23/11/2010 at 08:30, Jamie m said:

Explain graigy I don't understand

I only won't to keep two hobs

[The one 8,535]

Aye feed them less open up the risk of disease just at the time they need a bit of extra grub to maintane body heat and they need it for working away under ground . I like my ferrets carrying a wee bit extra wieght what happens if you loose them under ground and dont get them out right away they have a bit of body fat to life on .

[Guest crobinc840]

My friend and I have two jill kits from the same parents. I always have dry in the cage and give meat daily whereas he gives them a bit of dry daily. They look the same size, my ferrets coat is much shinier but I didn't hold his and more than likely although the bone structure has not decreased by feeding in small amounts I'm sure his ferret is not as heavy as mine. So no matter what, the ferrets structure will try to become what genetics decides but muscle and fat would be determined by feeding. It would not be a good idea to place a light weight ferret with weak muscles in a hole and think it's going to come back out IMO. Just do good by your ferrets keep them healthy and that will help you get the best out of them same as the dogs.

[ellir0305 9]

i think that nutrition in the formativve weeks and months of a ferrets life will have an obvious affect on size. for example i had a jill off a friend of mine who was very well fed as a young ferret and she is a fair bit larger than her mum. i then put that medium sized jill to a smallish hob of mine and the resulting litter(being the first litter i have bread was very well fed probably over fed if i am honest) the jills were larger again asnd the hobs of the litter are about 1 1/2 times the size parent hob. but i would definately not underfeed a nursing jill and litter to keep the kits small if your ferrets end up to big use longnets instead so they dont have to worry about squeezing through.

 

atb rob

[turbo28 1]

  On 23/11/2010 at 09:34, The one said:

Aye feed them less open up the risk of disease just at the time they need a bit of extra grub to maintane body heat and they need it for working away under ground . I like my ferrets carrying a wee bit extra wieght what happens if you loose them under ground and dont get them out right away they have a bit of body fat to life on .

[turbo28 1]

Thanks for that,i didnt know that they were more risk to disease,appreciate it cheers

[Kay 3,709]

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[stealthy1 3,964]

  On 23/11/2010 at 20:37, Kay said:

I am a great believer in looking after my tools ... if you put good quality fuel in your little machines they will go for ever :thumbs:

 

 

Do you polish your tools by any chance

[joe14 98]

Mine have dry in their all the time. At this time of year their obviously gonna eat more

to gain more weight ready for the winter. None of my ferrets are overweight. If I restricted their food

they would probably eat more in the long run because they would know their not going to

get fed untill next feed time. They also have meat on a night.