ferrets and winter

[jsb 6]

do you lads keep your ferrets outside in winter, baring in mind my hutch has a hutch hugger on it.

[tomano1 80]

got mine barbour jakets flees lined can stay in hutch out side loveley and warm EBAY ATB TOMA

[Malt 379]

I keep mine outside all year round. They'll be fine as long as you put enough bedding in and they have some sort of nest box/enclosed area..

[Tug 168]

Theydont like heat, as long as they have plenty of DRY straw or hay for bedding they stay nice and toasty. Change water bottles morning, noon and night.

[jsb 6]

cheers lads

[dave1600d 35]

mine are in an 8x6 shed,,,,,,,,got a bedding box in there with pillow stuffing inside it,,plus a pet blanket,,,,,,they sleep in a hammock in the heat.....i got a water bottle {petshop style plastic with aliminium nozzle}..plus an old plastic sweet tin that used to have celebration chocolates in it,,,i keep water in this also,,,,,,,,,,i also have a spray bottle that my sons use to water the stinkers if its real hot,,,plus an office fan hanging up in the corner thats running all day in the heat,,,,,,in the winter i give em warm soya milk of a night time before closing them up for the night,,,,,their house is better equipped with more mod-cons than mine is lol

[tomano1 80]

f..k me dave u must be single if tour treating your ferrets that good lol

[Jamie m 668]

Mine are down thd garden all winter. I sling rabbits in scrape em out when needed give em fresh water and get them out rabbiting as much as possible, that's there winter. They keep each other warm ,

[Lewis Ste 245]

About 6 ferrets under one blanked all snuggled up, I think they will all be toasty in a foot of snow. Aslong as there's a couple of them they will e fine

 

Lewis

[nothernlite 18,088]

mine are in an 8x6 shed,,,,,,,,got a bedding box in there with pillow stuffing inside it,,plus a pet blanket,,,,,,they sleep in a hammock in the heat.....i got a water bottle {petshop style plastic with aliminium nozzle}..plus an old plastic sweet tin that used to have celebration chocolates in it,,,i keep water in this also,,,,,,,,,,i also have a spray bottle that my sons use to water the stinkers if its real hot,,,plus an office fan hanging up in the corner thats running all day in the heat,,,,,,in the winter i give em warm soya milk of a night time before closing them up for the night,,,,,their house is better equipped with more mod-cons than mine is lol

there spoiled

[joe14 98]

mine are outside all year round. All have plenty of fleece blankets.

Ive been out in middle of night in winter thinking they'll be freezing and when ive put my hand in their bed box's theyre warmer than me

all piled up. If theyre kept outside all year round they grow big winter coats anyway.

 

They cope with the cold much better than the heat. Heats a killer and if they not kept an eye on hutch's/sheds can turn into ovens!

In summer, I put in half a dozen of 2 litre frozen bottles in their shed on days when its red hot wraped in a blanket. That keeps shed and them cool enough and they lay on em.

 

Dont leave the hutch hugger on front of the hutch on hot days.

Edited July 26, 2012 by joe14

[dave1600d 35]

f..k me dave u must be single if tour treating your ferrets that good lol

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,nah not single mate,,,,,,,got mrs and two sons,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i dont hunt with mine just keep em as pets mate......some on here may call me a member of the so called fuzzie brigade lol,,,,,,,,but if thats their opinion,let em have it lol,,,,i just wanna do what i thinks best for my girls,,,,,,,id say theyre spoilt myself,,,,,,,but they aint on this earth for very long mate,,,so give em the best i can,,,,atb,,dave{,,,,,,,err,,,,,,,,,fuzzie brigade member ????? lol}

[johnrthrfrd 223]

Outside all year round long as they have plenty dry bedding in the winter they come to no harm