getting back into it

[Neil.d 0]

So, i have just prepared a new hutch and run for a couple ferrets for working use. however the chap i was ment to get ferrets from has just informed me that due to him working away the ferrets are no longer used to being handled, this leads me to my first question..... are they still worth getting or would i be better off finding a couple from elsewhere?

 

i used to do a lot of ferreting when i was younger with a friend and his dad but never owned my own, which leads me to my second question..... if all ferrets are neutered (jills & hobs)should they be ok to be kept in the same hutch or should they be separated?

 

i have read many articles online about feeding habbits and have also can remember folk telling me that giving ferrets rabbit makes them bite alot more, so i thought that i would ask the folk that are more in the know, any info is greatly appreciated.

 

thanks in advance.

 

Neil.

[Ferret mad Dave 65]

1 Even if there a bit nippy they can soon be nip trained

 

2 if they are all done they will be fine but Jill can live together all year round

 

3 the people tho told you they nip if you feed rabbit are talking bollocks

 

Atb Dave

[Neil.d 0]

Thanks very much Dave, that cleared it up for me, went to see the two I was talking about and they came straight over to the hutch door as soon as I opened it and I picked them up no problem, they didn't seem bothered at all so I'm picking them up Sunday. Just need to get a few things in after work tomorrow. I was a bit concerned on the state of their hutch right enough....didn't look like it had been cleaned out in a while.

[STAFFY poacher 90]

1 Even if there a bit nippy they can soon be nip trained

 

2 if they are all done they will be fine but Jill can live together all year round

 

3 the people tho told you they nip if you feed rabbit are talking bollocks

 

Atb Dave

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[ferret1988 20]

I agree with all 3!! Think the 3rd one is the funniest mine get whatever i find be it dry ferret food, road kill, rabbits that they have caught or game birds and never as it made a difference to how they behave.

[The one 8,530]

If you read the posts on here and use the search engine i think you will answer all your questions mate