Age start your ferrets

[gaza 508]

What age do you start working them roughly?

[micky 3,325]

35 minutes ago, gaza said:

What age do you start working them roughly?

I think the best way is to put them in with Mam around November … but everyone will have their own  ideas

[gnipper 6,508]

When they're full grown and stopped acting like kits.

[gaza 508]

Are they full grown at 6 months?

[stoggy 598]

9 hours ago, gaza said:

What age do you start working them roughly?

I would start mine off gently on warrens with just a few holes.When they get to know what to do then you can try them on the rougher warrens with lots of holes. 

[Gaz_Lurcherlad 382]

1 hour ago, stoggy said:

I would start mine off gently on warrens with just a few holes.When they get to know what to do then you can try them on the rougher warrens with lots of holes. 

I put mine fairly young in a two holer I know that’s not been run in years just to get used to them getting picked up when coming out and going in definitely helps a lot and start them usually at the end of each season after there born don’t expect any decent results till year after even tho I had one that I thought was sleeping in sets but in fact was killing in at first season never any fur on claws or no blood TIL I heard a squeal in a shallow set some are better that’s others takes a bit of patience sometimes 

[gaza 508]

Picked hutch and 2 jills up tonight £40 all in made up. Jills 5 months. Hutch pretty much brand new just want to put a door on it rather than lifting the top. Not got a dog of working age and don’t shoot so dry food will have to do for now. 

[terryd 8,529]

I would be inclined to put a bit more timber in there to box off the bed area get it snug

[gaza 508]

Yeah with you mate. Work for glass fibre place an lad at work built double tiered rabbit hutch and I can have that should last forever lol. Might just have this as a spare. 

[bunnyboiler 1,053]

I’ve got my young Jill’s on the sardines as well as biscuits but will also give them some mince on the night when there’s no flys about and take out what’s left till the following night 

[Arry 22,191]

Six months is fine as said small places first, nice fresh burrows if you can something with a bit of scent. The way I look at it is if they were in the wild they would have to fend for them selfs at that age, its always worked for me.

Cheers Arry

[gaza 508]

Cheers guys 

[fred90 3,255]

wait for the dog to mark a small sett, 2 or 3 holes ideal so you know its occupied. 5 months onwards I would say is fine. though a chap not in here now had a few kits starting at 15 weeks last year and they where fine. 

[Sirblessed 2,511]

I start most of mine at 6 months old some a bit earlier if they seem mature enough for it