Clever Ferret

[DanRaistrick 53]

I've got a 8 and a half week old ferret which ive had for just over two weeks.

 

he gets quite a bit of attention(as do my other 3 jills), but this one is different.

 

as soon as you i go into the back garden he comes straight to the cage door and makes his little ferret noises. he loves to be handled and plays with both people and the other ferrets well. bit of a nibbler but he doesnt bite, he just sorta grabs, but it doesnt hurt.

 

now heres the weird bit...

 

i took him out the front when i was putting the bins out and placed him on the floor.. and to my supprise, he followed me. so i walked a little further, and again he followed. now i can walk for ages with him and with a little whistle he runs straight to the feet ready to be picked up.

 

the other ferrets i have just seem to wander about and explore, but he does exactly what he's told haha.

 

anybody else experienced this?

[tinman3 3]

i had a jill i used to keep down the alotment, i would open the hutch door and she would follow me around while i was weeding/watering/planting only problem was she would dig allover the place, she was a great ferret!

[jam1 8]

mine would just fu#koff lol

[lunita 57]

my jill ferret used to do that..she was only ever a pet and i used to take her everywhere with me she'd sleep in my coat and pop up when she was awake...like that she would follow me like a dog and came to her name. Had a cat the same once too just used to act likea dog would walk with you like a dog and it wasnt even a house cat ..

[rob190364 2,594]

Both of mine do that, it's a pain in the ass at times because they actually run under my feet so I have to sort of zig zag across the yard when they're out so I don't stand on them, and if I stop the hob climbs up my trouser leg, and if I bend down the jill will jump up and grab my hand with her front paws and hold on.

 

Quite handy though because I can take them out with the dog and walk around the field and they'll both just follow me, good for keeping them fit .

[DanRaistrick 53]

Yeah he gets quite a bit of exercise off it as he only has little legs haha

 

im going to try and get my jills to do it but for some reason i dont think they will.. they seem less interested in me and more in running around in the bushes and under the shed lol

[rob190364 2,594]

Yeah he gets quite a bit of exercise off it as he only has little legs haha

 

im going to try and get my jills to do it but for some reason i dont think they will.. they seem less interested in me and more in running around in the bushes and under the shed lol

It's quite handy when you're working them aswell because if they come out of an entrance under brambles or in bushes they usually come to me if I crouch down and click my fingers. I'm not 100% sure why mine do it though to be honest, it's sort of happened by accident rather than me somehow trying to train them, I think it's because I leave them running free in the yard all day and they know that when I come out I'm usually going to feed them so they come to me, and it's sort of ingrained in their heads to come to me where ever they are.

[fcuktheban 140]

My jill is indoors and does the same she even follows me upstairs and comes when called. She does have the sneaky habit of going up sleeves or trouser legs, nipping and running off giggling the little sod. She also steals wrappers and hides them under the couch and drinks anyones drinks she can get to. I think a ferret that has bonded with you is the best to hunt with.

[DanRaistrick 53]

Hopefully the behaviour will stick and he will be obedient.

 

I hope it does help when we come around to season as im planning to work him. he's getting big already and ive got high expectations of him as i was told his mother and father were great workers and also very well behaved.

 

if he turns out to be a good worker then i'll be making sure we get some good kits from him next year (providing my jills turn out to be good workers, as i will only breed him with the best one)

 

looks like ive got myself a good'n

[rob190364 2,594]

Hopefully the behaviour will stick and he will be obedient.

 

I hope it does help when we come around to season as im planning to work him. he's getting big already and ive got high expectations of him as i was told his mother and father were great workers and also very well behaved.

 

if he turns out to be a good worker then i'll be making sure we get some good kits from him next year (providing my jills turn out to be good workers, as i will only breed him with the best one)

 

looks like ive got myself a good'n

I'd work it for a bit more than one season and give it a bit more thought before you just unnecessarily churn out a litter to be honest.

[DanRaistrick 53]

Hopefully the behaviour will stick and he will be obedient.

 

I hope it does help when we come around to season as im planning to work him. he's getting big already and ive got high expectations of him as i was told his mother and father were great workers and also very well behaved.

 

if he turns out to be a good worker then i'll be making sure we get some good kits from him next year (providing my jills turn out to be good workers, as i will only breed him with the best one)

 

looks like ive got myself a good'n

I'd work it for a bit more than one season and give it a bit more thought before you just unnecessarily churn out a litter to be honest.

 

 

 

It will only be bred if he proves himself to be a good worker, and when that happens he can be bred.

[rob190364 2,594]

Hopefully the behaviour will stick and he will be obedient.

 

I hope it does help when we come around to season as im planning to work him. he's getting big already and ive got high expectations of him as i was told his mother and father were great workers and also very well behaved.

 

if he turns out to be a good worker then i'll be making sure we get some good kits from him next year (providing my jills turn out to be good workers, as i will only breed him with the best one)

 

looks like ive got myself a good'n

I'd work it for a bit more than one season and give it a bit more thought before you just unnecessarily churn out a litter to be honest.

 

 

 

It will only be bred if he proves himself to be a good worker, and when that happens he can be bred.

after one season?

[DanRaistrick 53]

Hopefully the behaviour will stick and he will be obedient.

 

I hope it does help when we come around to season as im planning to work him. he's getting big already and ive got high expectations of him as i was told his mother and father were great workers and also very well behaved.

 

if he turns out to be a good worker then i'll be making sure we get some good kits from him next year (providing my jills turn out to be good workers, as i will only breed him with the best one)

 

looks like ive got myself a good'n

I'd work it for a bit more than one season and give it a bit more thought before you just unnecessarily churn out a litter to be honest.

 

 

 

It will only be bred if he proves himself to be a good worker, and when that happens he can be bred.

after one season?

 

 

if thats all he takes to prove himself then possibly

[rob190364 2,594]

Hopefully the behaviour will stick and he will be obedient.

 

I hope it does help when we come around to season as im planning to work him. he's getting big already and ive got high expectations of him as i was told his mother and father were great workers and also very well behaved.

 

if he turns out to be a good worker then i'll be making sure we get some good kits from him next year (providing my jills turn out to be good workers, as i will only breed him with the best one)

 

looks like ive got myself a good'n

I'd work it for a bit more than one season and give it a bit more thought before you just unnecessarily churn out a litter to be honest.

 

 

 

It will only be bred if he proves himself to be a good worker, and when that happens he can be bred.

after one season?

 

 

if thats all he takes to prove himself then possibly

what's the rush to breed?

[Malt 379]

I've got one little polecat coloured Jill who makes a beeline for me everytime she sees me. I've had a stupidly tame hob before, but he never homed in on me the way this little Jill does. I can put my arm down and she'll run up it, or if she's loose in the shed she's constantly round my feet.