Biters !!!!!

[craig09090 11]

I have a friend who has taken on a hobb an Jill , she found out soon after getting them they biters lol

She's been trying to tame them the hobb is better still a bit nippy but much better the Jill however just wants to eat everyone lol

 

So any ideas on what to do with them folks??

[taz2010 1,297]

handle them a lot pal persistence is the best remedy

[Karl Daw 14]

I have a friend who has taken on a hobb an Jill , she found out soon after getting them they biters lol

She's been trying to tame them the hobb is better still a bit nippy but much better the Jill however just wants to eat everyone lol

 

So any ideas on what to do with them folks??

Bitter apple spray is great i took a couple of jills a couple of years back and they were mad the chap i bought them off said just smack them with the food bowl which is disgusting , but i persisted with them and used bitter apple spray and they turned out great , good luck.

[onthehunt 40]

 

I have a friend who has taken on a hobb an Jill , she found out soon after getting them they biters lol

She's been trying to tame them the hobb is better still a bit nippy but much better the Jill however just wants to eat everyone lol

 

So any ideas on what to do with them folks??

Bitter apple spray is great i took a couple of jills a couple of years back and they were mad the chap i bought them off said just smack them with the food bowl which is disgusting , but i persisted with them and used bitter apple spray and they turned out great , good luck.

 

Some folks are right pr*cks. Yeah spray is alright but best remedy is handling

[craig09090 11]

Cheers lads, what do you do with the spray? Spay them or your hand lol

[craig09090 11]

Where would she get the spray?

[Karl Daw 14]

Where would she get the spray?

The vets sell it about £6 a big bottle well worth it mate and spray it on your hands.

[craig09090 11]

Cheers mate will pass that info on

[Jamie m 668]

I had an accidental litter from a biter I tamed handed the kits plenty meet fed from three weeks , no evidence if biting , then 13 weeks old crunch , crunch crunch , would never breed from below standard stock ,

[craig09090 11]

Lol what did you do with them?

[Jamie m 668]

Lol what did you do with them?

Gave them away of course ,: /

 

One I kept she wasn't as bad one I gave to fieldspotsman he killed it somehow thus was the best and a non biter , the one I kept was sound once collared up and out to work handles well now has the odd nip now and then , but not a digging ferret lol put my hand in the dark last season and payed for it : ) , but she is a formidable hunter never sen rabbits leave a warren so fast ever , had a litter last year no biters at all ,

[dogger 100]

feed them up well before handling less likely to bite if there bellys full

[ferreterni 29]

I had a bad one, tried handling, for weeks ignoring the bites. was covered in teeth marks from fingets to elbows. Then I read sonewhere to let them drink milk that is cupped in the palm of ur hand. Couple days of this method and she only bit me once more, my fault fr making a grab when she was bottling up a bunny

[brucemyster 75]

handling, handling and more handling, when I first started handling my kits it was like putting your hand into a bucket of razor blades, by week 9 when they found new homes no biters, I found best way to start off is stroking them as their concentrating on feeding, then work up to picking them up after they've fed, pick them up behind the front legs and that gives them less of a chance to bite, let them sniff your other hand, offer it as a fist with your fingers tucked in (less to get hold off) after a while they'll get used to you and bob's your uncle all of a sudden they are a pleasure to handle!!

[comanche 2,991]

Splitting the kits into small groups or pairs when they are weaned seems to make em less nippy . I think when left in a big litter they can get into the habit of tumbling out of the hutch en-masse when it is opened and the owner has to quickly and rather roughly bundle them back in and close the door on them . This can't help the gentling process .

Also a big litter becomes very competetive over any food that comes its way and a young ferret learns to bite first and ask questions later .

Smaller groups are easier to handle in a gentle manner and learn to be less frantic to grab anything that enters the cage .