Country Joe 1,411 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 It appears to me there's a lot of posts recently on ferreting with young stock, there's a good excuse if you have no adult stock, but i think you are better concentrating on handling, and not working till properly developed. I have a young Jill born in May, and i did think of letting her run through a couple of burys. Had a mornings ferreting on saturday, the second set we did, after a lot of rumbling then silence the jill came out, looked like it had a bit of a kicking, entered another and the same. I would bet the rabbit was in a tight end and kicking out, if this had been a youngster, it would not have been good. LC who was with me, was telling me his mate lost a ferret with a broken neck, due to a kicken rabbit. 1 Quote Link to post
Dan25 87 Posted September 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 They are the only ferrets I got ATM I think il lay him off ferreting for a while then and see how that goes inane to say he's bolted rabbits every time he's been out so he will be a good worker just going to persevere with him 1 Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 What is a rim fire It bloody hurts mate but. Perpetration h helps Your thinking of ring of fire : ) Quote Link to post
Magwitch 687 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I got bit twice Saturday.............. Quote Link to post
bobhow 57 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 mate of mine swears by useing a bar of soap to stop biters open the cage and hold out bar of soap if it bits it gets the soap and thinks twice about doing it again dont now if it works but worth a go Quote Link to post
paulk73 151 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 keep handling pal. Quote Link to post
chook1 184 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Get some bitter apple spray and spray your hands before handling, everything you have said is just play the jumping at you to bite etc, my hob was the same, as soon as you opened the court door he would leap at your hands and start biting, it was his way of playing he's over a year now and i can do anything with him. Quote Link to post
bobhow 57 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 dont do what i did a few years back had a wild polecat cross that was a bit nippy so i dipped my finger in a bottle of hot chlili sauce and poked it in the cage big mistake being bitten is one thing but having chilli sauce run into the cut is a different ball game! 1 Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 dont do what i did a few years back had a wild polecat cross that was a bit nippy so i dipped my finger in a bottle of hot chlili sauce and poked it in the cage big mistake being bitten is one thing but having chilli sauce run into the cut is a different ball game! : / Quote Link to post
robbo 828 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 To be fair to you mate it sounds like youve given it some time and effort. Its hard to describe how bad some ferrets are no matter what you try. I had two sibling jills given to me about three years ago, one was a bit nippy at first but settled down but the other one was like a banshee. I leave my dogs free when im ferreting but if this fcuker was in the set it used to fly out of the holes and try and latch onto the dogs. I eventually stopped it biting after about 8 months of pain for anyone or anything near enough to it by using the PANGGGG method . Thats the noise the shovel makes when you whack it on the nut . Quote Link to post
Foxhole 22 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Too many just breed for money and give you bull shit that they have been handled. What i do is say can i stay and see you handle it for 10 minutes and then can i for 10 minutes. You will know soon enough. AND make sure the ferret is fed right up before you handle it. Never feed it from the hand only like a rabbit leg but nothing that touches your skin or many kits will associate your hand with food and use it like that. I think with Kits that’s a big mistake. Quote Link to post
vermin catcher 219 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 What is a rim fire It's like a potato gun but a bit worse :laugh: Pure class Quote Link to post
Foxhole 22 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Quite a bit actually... Quote Link to post
pmatty77 26 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I think it can sometimes depend on if they were handled a lot from a very early age,the two i have got were handled before i got them and i can let them sit on my head with no worries,i got another one though last year and she hadn't been handled,too this day even though i have handled her nearly daily she still has the odd nip,young ferts will nip each other in play and dont realise that human hands arent as tough as ferret skin,do you try to discourage him when he nips,i tend to pick them up by the scruff and hiss in their face,so they can associate biting you with something they dont like....having said that i wont let the new one sit on my head as i dont fully trust it. Quote Link to post
Foxhole 22 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Every animal wherever you go has a different personality. You can train and train but if you have the equivelent of a nasty teenager or a gamgster or whatever you will not change them however much you try. And even tame they are un predictable as many lion tamer will tell you. Well those that are still alive to tell the tale Quote Link to post
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