hunting

[chrisnbish 0]

me again

 

if i was to buy a ferret thats parents were not used to hunt will the kid not know how to hunt and if so how could i train it

 

i read that if you feed it live mice it helps

 

thanks

[Ideation 8,216]

Most ferrets will enter a warren and push some of the rabbits out most of the time, with a bit of careful entering. And sometimes you get really good workers from pet parents. However i think this is a rarity and you would probably find some decent working blood a few generations back for that to happen. The long and the short of it is that the best working ferrets, the 'BOD'S as a mate calls them (bolt or die) that scour a warren and bolt of kill every bunny, and do it efficiently, regularly, and with a good manner are born and not made. So to increase your chances of getting a decent ferret, go to working lines. My mate accidently ended up with 35 kits this year, due to a failed vac op. All the ferrets involved can be traced back at least 6 gens of worker to worker, and i'd be willing to be that pretty much everyone will take to the bunny bolting game well.

[Ideation 8,216]

p.s the feeding live mice thing is bollocks.

[The one 8,497]

As said you will increase your chances of getting a worker by going to somebody who works theres and getting the kit handled and use a few pipes ,then start small get it out every chance you get ,but like the saying you cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear.theres ferrets and theres ferrrets