lymphosarcoma

[ilovetoshoot12345 0]

my jill has got lymphosarcoma and i'm just wondering if this is common or not? its just in one year ive lost 3 ferrets so far and its my first year of keeping ferrets. (not all the same illness), One died from an ear infection and it even had treatment another had a gentetic problem and my jill has cancer

 

Just wondering if anyone else has had a bad year with ferrets dying etc? . its just anoying that you spend all that money on wood shavings, disinfectant, bedding, food, then the ferret gets ill just before september?

 

And also how old do ferrets have to be before you can take them ferreting?

[diggermad 154]

hi mate sorry to hear of your bad look with the ferrets going back to when you can start using your ferrets got to be at least 8 months old thats my theory cheers

[sikastag_1 689]

depends on the ferret i think when you can work it, i try and always have older ferrets so im never in a rush to bring young ones on, and i wouldnt rush them, but i have a polecat hob kit here hes only 11 weeks and i weighed him hes 2 pound in weight! i know i could take him out soon as no rabbit would get away from him but i wont as i dont need to , try and pick up an adult ferret from somewhere mate if your wanting 1 for this season theres always someone giving away a ferret, and try to get another kit to bring on in the later part of this season or next season, good luck.

[diggermad 154]

hi mate i have a working albino hob if your stuck for a ferret for the coming season hes around 3 years old and wont let you down pity your too far away just an idea mate dont want ewt for him cheers

[Kay 3,709]

my jill has got lymphosarcoma and i'm just wondering if this is common or not? its just in one year ive lost 3 ferrets so far and its my first year of keeping ferrets. (not all the same illness), One died from an ear infection and it even had treatment another had a gentetic problem and my jill has cancer

 

Just wondering if anyone else has had a bad year with ferrets dying etc? . its just anoying that you spend all that money on wood shavings, disinfectant, bedding, food, then the ferret gets ill just before september?

 

And also how old do ferrets have to be before you can take them ferreting?

 

 

Sadly it was only thought to be ferrets in the USA that contracted conditions like this and adrenal , this link tells you about it , its an american publication but vets in the uk often draw from the Americans findings as lots of conditions are thought to be confind to the USA but thats not the case any more

 

Sorry to hear you little jill has this condition , but i hope some of the stuf in the link goes to explain the condition & the different forms of it

 

http://www.ferretcentral.org/faq/med/lymph.html

[Kay 3,709]

depends on the ferret i think when you can work it, i try and always have older ferrets so im never in a rush to bring young ones on, and i wouldnt rush them, but i have a polecat hob kit here hes only 11 weeks and i weighed him hes 2 pound in weight! i know i could take him out soon as no rabbit would get away from him but i wont as i dont need to , try and pick up an adult ferret from somewhere mate if your wanting 1 for this season theres always someone giving away a ferret, and try to get another kit to bring on in the later part of this season or next season, good luck.

 

what you feeding him on Grant

[sikastag_1 689]

depends on the ferret i think when you can work it, i try and always have older ferrets so im never in a rush to bring young ones on, and i wouldnt rush them, but i have a polecat hob kit here hes only 11 weeks and i weighed him hes 2 pound in weight! i know i could take him out soon as no rabbit would get away from him but i wont as i dont need to , try and pick up an adult ferret from somewhere mate if your wanting 1 for this season theres always someone giving away a ferret, and try to get another kit to bring on in the later part of this season or next season, good luck.

 

what you feeding him on Grant

 

 

rabbit kay lol and the odd bit of dry food but mostly rabbit got his sister aswell but shes 600 grams hes 800 lol ill maybe get some pictures up today of my 3 new kits.

Edited August 14, 2008 by grant_c

[ilovetoshoot12345 0]

hi mate i have a working albino hob if your stuck for a ferret for the coming season hes around 3 years old and wont let you down pity your too far away just an idea mate dont want ewt for him cheers

 

i have a hob thats 1 and 1/2 i got him last winter but can you take only one ferret ferreting?

[stubby 175]

as long as your only ferreting small warrens, no reason why not, on large warrens though, you may find the rabbits give him the run around underground,

[The one 8,469]

I always reckon on one ferret per ten holes in a burrow but you can get some cracking sport out of small burrows

[rabbit tourmentor 29]

i will have late kits if your intrested there be born 25 september cheers

[will.f11 24]

Im lucky as my ferrets dont necessarily lie up (touch wood) so i worked an 8 hole bury with 2 ferrets and purse nets and I think got 4 and know lie ups. some prefere big ferrets and some like small but ive always thought if you have a couple ferrets that dont lie up then you may aswell use them in a small burry as it gets the job done quicker and there aint as much waiting around. as for your bad luck, well bad luck mate and I hope you can find a nice couple ferrets for this season as I would have thought anyone who has heard your story would take pity on you and give you one or 2! anyway good luck in the future

[ilovetoshoot12345 0]

i have a litter of kits but there only 10 and half weeks but i'm keeping 5 of them so i'll have enough for next season

[gilly-93 31]

Hope she recovers well pal