Pet ferrets used for working

[Zig 0]

To all you good old hunting boys out there what is the feeling of using so called pet ferrets for working, surely every ferret will work its little butt off wont they?

[stealthy1 3,964]

Yes, it is a ferret after all

[Jamie m 668]

All depends what you define as working ??

[simonrocco 175]

it should work but you'd have to try it to find out how well it would work.

[fitchet 788]

no not reallly ive had quite a few and you get some that just sit there and carnt be arsed to even go down. iyts like there scared of the dark. but most ferrets will work to some extent.

[barry lurcher 27]

pet ferret to me is a ferret you can handle without fear of it biting you my ferrets are all my pets but they also do a job as well they come into the house for a run and play but put them down a bury and watch those bunnies fly

[The one 8,463]

Theres ferrets and theres ferrets every ferret will work to a degree but its no every ferret that will go deep or work seven days a week

[Wallace1 17]

a ferrits a ferrit , all hunters , just pet ones are tamer

[B.P.R 2,798]

The one is the subject matter expert on this topic. There's a few mantlepiece ornaments in his hutches and his kennels haha

Edited August 1, 2011 by Veedublee

[Jamie m 668]

a ferrits a ferrit , all hunters , just pet ones are tamer

I have to disagree unfortunatley not having a pop

[joe14 98]

Ours are pets, live in big run with hammocks etc, soft as a brush. But when they are out ferreting they bolt the bunnies. If thats what

you mean by pets.

Edited August 1, 2011 by joe14

[Wallace1 17]

a ferrits a ferrit , all hunters , just pet ones are tamer

I have to disagree unfortunatley not having a pop

no point disagreeing and not stating what you think mate

[Born Hunter 17,751]

Theres working and then theres working! Not all ferrets graft to the standard expected. And if anyone says different they either havnt seen many ferrets work and been a bit lucky or have low standards. The difference between a pet ferret and a 100% working ferret is that a pet will still be kept even if its found lacking, a ferret kept 100% for work that is shite wont be tollerated and certainly WONT be bred from 'because its cute'!

 

How many times have you picked a ferret up after having bolted a few rabbits and doubted whether the ferret was lying to you about there being no more at home, refusing to re enter for any length of time? Enter a seasoned warrior and watch that remaining stubborn buck fly out like his arse is on fire! How many people have had a ferret surface after 5....10 mins of being at a stop end on one bottled up and said "shes/hes killed it"? Dig down, even if its 5 foot, as I have and find a rabbit with a few scratches on its arse but still very much alive! Or drop another ferret in and get a bolt!

 

A worker should be just as tame and easy to handle as a pet! More so infact as often they have to be handled when fired up and grabbed in haste with no fear of getting bitten. Many times I have tossed my ferret a short distance to my ferreting partner and it doesnt phase them at all!

 

Stop kidding yourselves people and be honest about the standard of your ferrets. Far too many people think they have a decent ferret that is worth breeding from just because it has bolted a few rabbits and doesnt try to savage your hand!

Edited August 1, 2011 by Born Hunter

[Joe67 239]

am not experienced enough to say mines are great workers etc,would be interesting to see the difference though between ones ive seen and ones that are known to be 100% top workers

[theferreter 311]

all you can do is get it out and see how it goes it might work out or it wont best of luck with it