how to stop wriggling!

[Col_c88 41]

Well I've got the kits to stop biting now and getting ready to take them out as they come to hand and dont mind there feet and teeth etc. being checked, however once picked up they just wriggle so much, ALOT more than my 2 males did.

 

Im wondering if this is just an age thing as my males one day just stopped wriggling and started to hang as if something just clicked. these 2 younguns are so fast and alot thinner and smaller than my 2 males so they seem to be able to just about wriggle out my hand. The thing is they come straight back to me if they get out and climb back onto my hand, so its not like they dont like being picked up.

 

any ideas how i can stop this. I've tried just holding them for ages till it tires them out but cant really do that when out hunting. I've tried holding a male while he is hanging to see if they will learn and pick it up. And i have no other idea on how to stop this

sometimes i may need 2 ferrets in each hand and if there both wriggling around ive got no chance.

 

 

cheers

[joe14 98]

Ferrets will be ferrets not guinea pigs lol. As there kits they'll be just full of energy and want to run about.

They calm down as they get older. I pick mine up after theyve well fed and been running around the garden

or in the run and tired themselves out but I dont expect them to sit still on my lap as there ferrets there not gonna.

I sit on the floor and let them come to me.

 

Just give them some olive oil/ferretone whilst your holding em that'll keep em still and they'll associate handling

with good things.

Edited September 13, 2011 by joe14

[Malt 379]

I always find jills more lively to hold than hobs. To me hobs always seem more placid to handle.

 

PS. I said hobs and placid, not knobs and flaccid before the resident gaymongers start getting all exited..

[Col_c88 41]

Thats what I figured. Like I say the hobs are no bother they wernt so bad to begin with then one day they just went totally perfect.. figured it was an age thing thanks for verifying

[Leeview 791]

hold the ferret in one hand,its front legs between your first and second finger its body is suspended below your hand

now gently swing its back end round and round

Y.I.S Leeview

[Malt 379]

hold the ferret in one hand,its front legs between your first and second finger its body is suspended below your hand

now gently swing its back end round and round

Y.I.S Leeview

That works.

 

I find if the Jill is wiggling they soon calm down if you start gently swinging them. It's when you try holding them still they start struggling.

[Bankzi 2]

i got told if they start to wriggle you can hold one of their front legs behind your finger so it stops them moving, havent put this to practice yet mind

[semiautolee 9]

iv just picked two 4 month old jills up tonight and by gum they wriggle im new to ferreting as of today

[Col_c88 41]

Ill try the swinging method tomorrow cheers

[Adam_Chuck 256]

my young male wriggles a good bit but i just give a wee swing and that usually does the trick