back to square one..

[Col_c88 41]

Hi guys, as some of you may of read, I had the kits out for the first time yesterday. The kits stopped biting and the only problem i had with them was all the wriggling they do .. like there over excited... so after asking about wriggeling and getting the answer i expected i thought id test them out....Well if you read that post you would of known that one of them just seemed to forget everything and seemed to go back to being scared of my hand and she latched onto me.

 

I've been out all day and when I went into the shed tonight,, open the hutch to do my usual handeling and both kits come bolting out the hutch climbing up my arm.. nothing unusual there.. I sort them out and get the one that bit me yesterday, put her sister back in the hutch.. As soon as that hutch door was shut she went nuts scratching, wriggeling, turning to bite me..... its like shes gone backwards. The other ferret the only problem I have is she wont stay still but that will stop with time.

 

I dont know whats happened.. I've decided to give them more time before I take them out again and try put more hours into her.. even though I've handled them every day.

 

any tips and reasoning to why this happened?

Im wondering if its because her sister who shes lived with from day one dissapeared and paniced her? In which case that needs to be sorted as I wont always be using them together obviously!...

 

cheers

 

 

oh and no cull her. She hasnt had enough of a chance for that yet.

[Cotswold Redtail 0]

how old is she mate?

[Col_c88 41]

6 month mate

[Jamie m 668]

It sounds to me if you've been out all day there hungry ? It will take time for them to get used to you and there new home they're not going to turn into wonder ferrets over night ,

Edited September 18, 2011 by Jamie m

[Col_c88 41]

I know this, these arnt my first ferrets(not havin a go if it comes across that way), though i am still learning as ive had ferrets for only just over a year.. just confused why i did everything right to the point they wernt biting any more.. seemed ready and as soon as shes out she snaps.... might just be nerves or whatever... i feed them a good meal the night before and in a little in the morning before i take them out and have done this way since getting my 2 hobs.

 

anyways im off shopping, got a pigeon defrosting will put that in when im home and give her a bit to munch on that then go in see what shes like after feeling full.... think she just needs more time..

[rob190364 2,594]

I would say don't rush it, don't take them out as soon as they stop nipping. Give them a good few weeks of decent handling without them biting before you even consider taking them out......I don't think you've got much of a problem to be honest, they're just in that stage inbetween being biters and being tame and you're just having the odd slip up.

[Col_c88 41]

ok cheers mate .. not taking them out tomorrow will just take the hobs

 

thanks

[stealthy1 3,964]

at six months your kits are still quite young, if they get up tight they will be a little nippy, but at least you know they have spirit Col

[Kay 3,709]

if you took them out yesterday simply cut off a back leg of a rabbit for the ferrets to have on the way back in the carry box , or if you didnt catch anything have something ready for them so you can feed up as son as you get back home & then once they have had a feed do the normal handling

 

Could also be over excitement as they had been out previously