Bloody fleas

[reddawn 2,173]

We gut the rabbits while were out, bang them in the freezer, kills the fleas/ticks, no messing about having to spray the ferrets and just get it out the day/night before their going to eat it

 

if your out as often as some folks an catching a lot of bunnys, at some point ye will need to de flea ye ferret pal, wether or not ye spray them is your choice, but i find it by far the easiest method of getting rid of fleas on ferrets..

 

i dont spray my ferrets everytime i feed em a fresh bunny or take them ferreting, to be honest i think iv only ever done all my jills twice, which works out about yearly, but i have found/rescued/een given ferrets that needed de flead an frontine has been worth its weight in gold

[The one 8,477]

Same here freeze the rabbits when i get home ,the ferrets arent bothered by rabbit fleas

[Stretch177 39]

Aye thats true, we go out maybe 1/2 times a week during the season, not catching/shooting huge amounts, but if we do get a fair few we normally skin 1/2 and leave the skin on the rest. Never had a problem with fleas or ticks, coming into my 3rd season(touch wood) and have always frozen the rabbits before feeding. There will probably be a time when i will have to use the spray and have got a bottle just incase, but at the minute what we do seem to do works for us

Edited September 5, 2012 by Stretch177

[reddawn 2,173]

Aye thats true, we go out maybe 1/2 times a week during the season, not catching/shooting huge amounts, but if we do get a fair few we normally skin 1/2 and leave the skin on the rest. Never had a problem with fleas or ticks, coming into my 3rd season(touch wood) and have always frozen the rabbits before feeding. There will probably be a time when i will have to use the spray and have got a bottle just incase, but at the minute what we do seem to do work for us

 

 

aye mate its better to have an need an not have an need as they say lol, im sure i payed 20 quid ot thereabout for mine off vet an that was a good few years ago now, i still got a good 1/3rd of the bottle left aswell, ye hardly waste any of it when spraying onto goves 1st, there will come a time when ye get a spot that is infested with fleas/ticks fookers make my skin crawl lol

[The one 8,477]

Maybe ive been lucky but last season we where out three ,four times a week got a good few rabbits covered in fleas , the ferrets never had them or a tick . the only time my ferrets had fleas i bought a couple in and next thing they all had them

[reddawn 2,173]

Maybe ive been lucky but last season we where out three ,four times a week got a good few rabbits covered in fleas , the ferrets never had them or a tick . the only time my ferrets had fleas i bought a couple in and next thing they all had them

 

 

i can remember borrowing a hob off a guy an he fetched it to mine an it had no less that 50 ticks on it, he had just finished a days ferreting an dropped the hob on his way home, i must confess to doing a mate a favour last season an ferreting a banking on his bosses builders yard, we bagged up with bunnys but the fleas an ticks on that job were the worst iv ever seen, 1 of my jills had 20 all over head when she come out, an a guy i onvited with me off here, his 2 jills were riddled

[Stretch177 39]

Aye thats true, we go out maybe 1/2 times a week during the season, not catching/shooting huge amounts, but if we do get a fair few we normally skin 1/2 and leave the skin on the rest. Never had a problem with fleas or ticks, coming into my 3rd season(touch wood) and have always frozen the rabbits before feeding. There will probably be a time when i will have to use the spray and have got a bottle just incase, but at the minute what we do seem to do work for us

 

 

aye mate its better to have an need an not have an need as they say lol, im sure i payed 20 quid ot thereabout for mine off vet an that was a good few years ago now, i still got a good 1/3rd of the bottle left aswell, ye hardly waste any of it when spraying onto goves 1st, there will come a time when ye get a spot that is infested with fleas/ticks fookers make my skin crawl lol

 

Yeah i payed about 20 odd quid for the one i have, under the sink waiting to be used. Seen plenty on the rabbits we have had in the past, you could see them all on the sides of the plastic bag we put them in, but so far have not had any on the ferrets, touch wood lol

[The one 8,477]

Maybe im lucky folks seem to think ticks appear more where sheep are but ive only one place with sheep and ive never had a ferret with a tick bloody spaniels a different ball game altogether

[gnipper 6,467]

The ferrets that have been riddled with fleas and ticks have probably bumped into a hedgehog down a hole, I reckon rabbit fleas are different and don't live on ferrets (or dogs) but I could be wrong.

[ferretville 69]

Mine sometimes get left on the shed floor or vehicle, for a day or two and there still on them. ..

Canny lazy ian

[skinner 348]

just cut there heads off , never had trouble with fleas

[IanB 0]

Mine sometimes get left on the shed floor or vehicle, for a day or two and there still on them. ..

Canny lazy ian

 

Can be at times

 

just cut there heads off , never had trouble with fleas

 

Eh?

[weasle 1,119]

just cut there heads off , never had trouble with fleas

How dare ya! You cannot cut of a ferrets head just because it has fleas.

 

 

:laugh:

[reddawn 2,173]

just cut there heads off , never had trouble with fleas

How dare ya! You cannot cut of a ferrets head just because it has fleas.

 

 

:laugh:

 

 

i thought he ment the flea's heads

Edited September 5, 2012 by reddawn

[weasle 1,119]

just cut there heads off , never had trouble with fleas

How dare ya! You cannot cut of a ferrets head just because it has fleas.

 

 

:laugh:

 

 

i thought he ment the flea's heads

Oh the fleas heads, any one got any band aid quick??