How Much Time Are You's Spending With The Stinkers ?

[Robie_n 10]

How much time do I need to be spending handling me Hobbs, there my first ferrets 1 keeps getting the hump hissing n thrashing about when I pick him up, iv been spending bout 30mins a day letting them run about and picking them up in the kitchen should I be spending more?

[Gaj1612 99]

As much time as you can mate

[Geordieboy 23]

If you can only spend 30 mins because you are busy with work, kids etc then just keep at it.

 

If you can only be arsed to spend 30 mins because you are lazy then Ferrets are not for you.

 

If they've not seen you for 24hrs and a hand suddenly reaches for them they going to be a bit freaked. Try and handle them even if it's for a few minutes before you go out or whatever

 

Every little helps mate, good luck!!

[pie-eater 377]

Id say 30 mins handling is fine. That's about what mine get most days and they are very friendly.

[Hot Meat 3,109]

I spend longer handling them than I do the wife..

[fat man 4,741]

I spend longer handling them than I do the wife..

Thats because she smells the ferrets of your hands you dirty man lol.

[nothernlite 18,089]

If you can only spend 30 mins because you are busy with work, kids etc then just keep at it. If you can only be arsed to spend 30 mins because you are lazy then Ferrets are not for you. If they've not seen you for 24hrs and a hand suddenly reaches for them they going to be a bit freaked. Try and handle them even if it's for a few minutes before you go out or whatever Every little helps mate, good luck!!

mind wash your hands if you handle them before you go out smelly fecking things i handle mine only when i clean the cage or when im going out with then dont get bit that often

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Glad you started this thread, I ain't fed mine for 4 days.

[The one 8,488]

This time of year if thats all the time you have it cant be helped .but maybe there needing out a bit more to burn off there energy

[GreyRake 108]

How old are they?

[brucemyster 75]

I open the cage to feed them and the young jill jumps on my shoulder, the two older jills bide their time till I pick them up for a little ruff and tumble, probably only handle them for about ten mins each day while feeding and emptying their litter tray, they get longer at the weekend when the hutch complex is cleaned and freshened up, they seem happy enough.

[Robie_n 10]

Thanks for the good advice, lol hot meat the ferts don't like me touching them even more than me wife! I could defiantly have more time with them if the they didn't smell so bad n the wife was scared of them, I dernt let them loose in the garden to many escape routes might make abit of a court :-)

[bugg 84]

I spend longer handling them than I do the wife..

And that's probably not by choose tho ;-)

[whiteracer 258]

Something like this Robie, cost me next to feck all to build and the stinkers have enough room to play about in, although I don't keep them in this all the time they only use it as a 'play pen' every other day, keeps them safe and they entertaining as feck watching them jumping about on each other!!

[bobkizzyhugo 40]

what age did you get them an how old are they. if they are this years they realy should be soft as by now. dont give up just handle them as much as posible. pick em u; put em down feed em out ya hand any contact is good. i just start handling them as kits until they understand ur not food and stop holding when they bite. then just give em to the kids to do the rest. bomb proof. litle gil in pic just a local kid wat comes to play wi ferts n walk dogs round.