Lay-up prevention training

[seth21 1]

Hey guys,

was wondering if anyone has ever trained their ferrets against eating kits while in the ground?

 

I have started training a green Jill and so far so good.

Will enter her into her first Warren in a few weeks, so that will be the real test.

Ps. Here in Australia the rabbits breed almost all year round.

[stealthy1 3,964]

A small feed before you go out normally stops ferrets laying up, they kill whatever they come up against and move on, but if you want to train your ferrets not to kill, then knock your self out

[seth21 1]

Hey mate,

not training her to avoid killing.

Training to retrieve kit back to her box the second she makes the kill.

 

Was wondering if anyone has tried before and what results?

[The one 8,482]

No mate i pop a collar on them and dig them out to get the rabbits ,guess my ferrets aren't the brightest

[rob190364 2,594]

I'm intrigued! when you say so far so good what has she actually been doing? How have you gone about training them?

 

are you saying you're trying to train the ferret to drag rabbits out of the hole and back to the box? I'll be seriously impressed if you manage to train one to do that.

 

Don't want to piss on your chips but having seen how hard it is for a hob to drag a rabbit out of a warren I don't really see how a jill would be strong enough to do it, it's one thing dragging it along the floor but dragging them through a windy warren with tight holes is another thing altogether. Good luck though bud!

[reddawn 2,173]

retreiving ferrets ffs lol, wheres whin an stubby when ye need them haha

[The one 8,482]

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retreiving ferrets ffs lol, wheres whin an stubby when ye need them haha

 

Or Rake :laugh:

[PoCk0 40]

Think he means retrieving the baby rabbits? Still, i'd be very impressed to see that!

[albert64 1,882]

been done to death them retrieving ferrets

[Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin]

Got ours to go fishing but the training for retriving is no going so well

 

ATB Cookie

 

[Ideation 8,216]

Sounds mad, but johnnyboys misses, has trained her pet ferret to retrieve. . . .

 

But i don't think it would work in the hunting field.

 

I have a jill, who if she is near the exit, will drag them out, but usually they get stuck and she just kills them.

 

Best you can hope for really with kits, is a ferret that smashes them quick and drops them to move after the adults, in these cases a ferret that stays with its kill is a pain in the arse, as you will forever be digging to kits, however at the same time, a ferret that kills and moves on can be a pain if it kills quick, as you never know to dig.

[The one 8,482]

I reckon what happens is the ferret latches on the rabbit and it try's to make its escape by trying to bolt out the burrow and some folk see this as Look my ferrets pulling the rabbits out the burrow when its in fact the other way round

[Ideation 8,216]

I reckon what happens is the ferret latches on the rabbit and it try's to make its escape by trying to bolt out the burrow and some folk see this as Look my ferrets pulling the rabbits out the burrow when its in fact the other way round

 

Not sure mate, was out the other day, and first thing i saw was the ferrets tail jerking in the hole, then her arse, and her back, and she was moving backwards in a jerking motion, tugging the rabbit by it's arse. My guess is that what she was doing was trying to drag it into space where she could get over to its neck, and the exit was the closest place. I guess if she was deeper she would just drag it to a wider tunnel bit or a chamber. She is like a little terrier.

[rob190364 2,594]

I reckon what happens is the ferret latches on the rabbit and it try's to make its escape by trying to bolt out the burrow and some folk see this as Look my ferrets pulling the rabbits out the burrow when its in fact the other way round

 

Not sure mate, was out the other day, and first thing i saw was the ferrets tail jerking in the hole, then her arse, and her back, and she was moving backwards in a jerking motion, tugging the rabbit by it's arse. My guess is that what she was doing was trying to drag it into space where she could get over to its neck, and the exit was the closest place. I guess if she was deeper she would just drag it to a wider tunnel bit or a chamber. She is like a little terrier.

My hob does the same, backing out of the hole proper tugging on the rabbit, usually by the head. Definitely not been dragged out of the hole by the rabbit, it'd have to be a bloody strong rabbit to drag that fat little git anywhere!!!

[seth21 1]

Hey Rob 190364

 

I am trying a 5 step process.

 

I have achieved steps 1,2 & 3

will post links to video when I get some help with my computer

 

All steps start with Jill leaving her box

 

step 1. Retrieve "bait" from just outside box

 

step 2. Retrieve from 1m poly pipe burrow

 

step 3. Retrieve from large poly pipe maze

 

step 4. Retrieve from disused rabbit warren

 

step 5. Real deal

 

like I said, I have filmed her success from steps 1,2 & 3 and will post soon.

 

Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated