another ferret question -- pet or worker

[darren m 1]

can pet ferrets be workers as well

 

took the one i found to a rescue place as the RSPCA where bloody useless .

he de-ticked here and flea sprayed her , checked her over and said she was a very nice find indeed .

i asked about rabbiting and he reckoned no she was a tame un , only the vicious ones will work , you have to treat them a bit rough and no good trying to work a pet ferret .

well this ferret may have been a pet at some time , but when i found her she was roughing it , nicking eggs etc .

 

 

what do you all think about this ???.

[The Ferret 0]

He's talking complete bollocks!

 

Treat them mean and they'll bite you and f**k off on you. My 5 are pets as well as workers. Ferrets have a natural inquisitive nature that will drag them down any hole.

 

Treat them right and they'll work their arses off for you.

 

Ferret

[Hob&Jill 258]

What a twat that man sounds

[skycat 6,174]

I find it hard to believe that even someone involved in ferret rescue could be so misinformed. Could this be a wind up? Or are you expecting tales of brutality towards ferrets to come from the hunters?

 

Does anyone else smell a rat or am I being paranoid?

[Tallyho 181]

my ferrets arent nasty and they still work, that bloke was talking a load of bollocks.

[the fezz 44]

  darren m said:

can pet ferrets be workers as well

 

took the one i found to a rescue place as the RSPCA where bloody useless .

he de-ticked here and flea sprayed her , checked her over and said she was a very nice find indeed .

i asked about rabbiting and he reckoned no she was a tame un , only the vicious ones will work , you have to treat them a bit rough and no good trying to work a pet ferret .

well this ferret may have been a pet at some time , but when i found her she was roughing it , nicking eggs etc .

 

 

what do you all think about this ???.

 

what a bunch off vicious ones only work

that person you spoke too needs to be informed that he is talking bollocks

[Kay 3,709]

They make me sick, what an attitude, if you dont mind me asking where did you take her

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

That bloke is talking fecking shite mate All of my ferrets past or present have all been tame and they all worked just fine.Take no notice off the tw~t.

 

ps you have pm

 

  skycat said:

I find it hard to believe that even someone involved in ferret rescue could be so misinformed. Could this be a wind up? Or are you expecting tales of brutality towards ferrets to come from the hunters?

 

Does anyone else smell a rat or am I being paranoid?

 

Hi skycat i have been talking to this bloke via pm's,and he seems genuine.He as found this ferret at some stables he goes to and he was asking how to look after the ferret as,i think its is first one,so i am helping him as he lives not far from me.

[darren m 1]

no wind up , the chap as kept ferrets for 24 years , but only ever as pets , he dont beleave in working them his words . so thats probably why he said it .

[Guest little_lloyd]

 

That man is a prick!! My ferrets are treated as a pet one would be when there not in the feild And there big sofftys but still work to the best of the abbilities!!

[Kay 3,709]

  darren m said:

no wind up , the chap as kept ferrets for 24 years , but only ever as pets , he dont beleave in working them his words . so thats probably why he said it .

 

Well they shouldnt be so bloody picky,no wonder some rescues are full to the rafters

[skycat 6,174]

Fair nuff: nothing personal: I'm lucky I don't have to deal with that sort of person myself: I'd take great delight in having a few words with them! LOL.

Like a trip to the vet not so long ago for a ferret with a bad abcess I hadn't been able to sort: took 9 month old lurcher along for a bit of getting used to strange places: she'd never been to the vets before: put ferret on surgery floor, dog and ferret wander about the surgery together sniffing together in all the corners and ferret pottering around dog's feet. Vet couldn't believe ferret wasn't trying to bite dog's feet, or that dog wasn't attacking ferret: they know f*ck all, these people!

[Coneytrappr 30]

What a load of garbage.

If anything, tame ferrets are better to work than biters. Who wants to be handling a ferret that's going to be ringbarking their fingers whilst attempting to catch a few rabbits?

I don't treat mine rough at all. They have good living quarters, fresh food and water, are handled every day and let out to romp and play. A healthy happy ferret is the foundation of a good working ferret, that is my firm belief.

So yes, 'pet' ferrets can indeed work.

[Guest JDF]

amazing isn't it,some one can be around ferrets for 24 years and still know f**k all.even hard working ferrets will still spend a lot of time being handled fed cleaned etc,just like a pet really.

[Kay 3,709]

  JDF said:

amazing isn't it,some one can be around ferrets for 24 years and still know f**k all.even hard working ferrets will still spend a lot of time being handled fed cleaned etc,just like a pet really.

 

I quite agree,