Dameize 7 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) Deleted Edited January 11, 2020 by Dameize Quote Link to post
CarraghsGem 92 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) .............. Edited June 19, 2011 by CarraghsGem Quote Link to post
Parabuteos lad 878 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 some people say they can but ive never had any problems... Quote Link to post
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B.P.R 2,798 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) I don't know like but I was out ferreting with a gamekeeper a few years ago in a woods where there was an old pheasant pen. His Jill ferret was goin through the chicken wire no problem from hole to hole? I've heard of ferrets escaping from the hutches you buy from pet shops with te solid steel bars on the front. They are escape artists. I know it's expensive mate. Your best using the rectange mesh stuff which I've got on mine, or the cm wide square mesh which I will be soon changing to as my hobs have bent the mesh and it looks untidy. I know it's expensive but I'm pretty sure they will get through it. Edited to say, I forgot that I have chicken wire on the bottom I'm my garden fence as the lady that had the house kept chihuahuas and my young kits get through them no problem. Edited June 19, 2011 by Veedublee Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Had a jill when I was a lad bit straight through the stuff , you get a hob in season put him on his own in a cadge with chicken wire see if he gets through it Quote Link to post
ferrety f 23 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Dont risk it mate, if a ferret wants out they will be through in no time. Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 A determined, fit ferret? Like a knife through butter mate. Be ok if you were watching them, but not to leave them for long periods. Quote Link to post
ferret100 47 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 If a ferret wants to get through chicken wire it will. Quote Link to post
8shot 192 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 yes it will buddy ....the cost of the run may be adding up..but its not worth loosing a little worker Quote Link to post
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 there expert escape artists mate.after bulding my court,i failed to realize how good tunnelers they were.had to concrete the court floor.for piece of mind i would get a thicker guage mesh mate.you will sleep better at night knowing there no way they will chew through it. Quote Link to post
The one 8,512 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Aye chicken wires shit mate you need good inch weldmesh on your run ,The thing with chicken wire the first time the ferret bites it ,it rust's there then if they bite the same spot again they make a whole and there out Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 In my experience yes even a doubled over layer , I would use good quality weld mesh Quote Link to post
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Jamie m 668 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 thanks for the advice. I have some thick green plastic coated mesh that I think is welded. Its 1.75 inches though in diamatre. The holes arnt that big and I dont think a ferret would even get its head through. WIth them only being in say 1.5 by metre wide sheets though ill have to cut it. What I might do is double coat it with chicken wire giving 2x layers. Alternatively I have welded to together inche wide bars but they are rectangle down over and now in a square pattern. Would the ferret get through that?. I think the small holed stuff is like 7 pound a metre (like 0.5cm squares) so I might end up investing in that. I know its not to much its just like I say it adds up. For me I would but since im currently living board free the grandparents get annoyed when I (according to them) "waste money" and start threatening to take board equal to 3/4 my weekly income. Ill sus out whats what though and ill ask my granda what hes got floating around, knowing him hes probably got something in the shed or something. The way he was talking though he was going to make a solid steel welded 4-5mm top out of some premade metal we had from something else on one half and on the other use either ply wood or perspects on the other. the general idea was to have (its kind of split into two sections) one side open and closed and the opposite way round on each half if you get me. Again though cheers for letting me know id hate to think it got out its first night. If the holes aren't sqaure ? It's not welded mesh ? Quote Link to post
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