dodgy feet

[ginge2k6 0]

had a silver jill for about 2 an a half week but she has a bit of ferret muck under her claws and on her foot cant remove it what should i do?

[Guest holey]

had a silver jill for about 2 an a half week but she has a bit of ferret muck under her claws and on her foot cant remove it what should i do?

i had that [bANNED TEXT] mine wouldnt let me touch it so it took 2 people me and my [bANNED TEXT] to hold her down i held her foot in a bucket of warm water with a bit of bubble up liquid then put some in my hand and scrubed the foot then after its clean cut the nails bk so they are short and with a needle scrape the muck off or use something small and sharpe i got mine of but it took a few days of doing the same thing with the water and that but i didnt cut the nails everytime i done it ,it comes off eventualy [bANNED TEXT] its a laugh aswell coz mine dont like water they go nutty ps hope it works for you if not go to the vet

[ginge2k6 0]

thanks [bANNED TEXT]

[Guest holey]

thanks [bANNED TEXT]

ur welcome [bANNED TEXT] all the best youll have fun n games trying to get the crap off

[doddsy1970 9]

drop them into a warm bath and leave them in there for half an hour youll only need about an inch of water after that put them somewhere warm to dry out..... problem comes when your mrs finds a ferret in her nice clean bath

[Bandit 0]

Ginge, if you cleaned them out "EVERYDAY", this also gives you the opportunity to keep them well handled, you wouldn't be asking silly questions. Use a bit of latteral thinking, if you had dried hard kach on your foot what would you do to get it off, and how often do you cut your toenails.

By the way how often do you clean them out and what materials do you use in the Hutch/Court? I'm sorry if this sounds like a rant but Ferret neglect really grips my shit , if you pardon the pun.

[doddsy1970 9]

Ginge, if you cleaned them out "EVERYDAY", this also gives you the opportunity to keep them well handled, you wouldn't be asking silly questions. Use a bit of latteral thinking, if you had dried hard kach on your foot what would you do to get it off, and how often do you cut your toenails.

By the way how often do you clean them out and what materials do you use in the Hutch/Court? I'm sorry if this sounds like a rant but Ferret neglect really grips my shit , if you pardon the pun.

Hes only had the ferret a couple of weeks bandit it might have been like it before and is trying to sort it out don't chastise a guy before you know the facts. I hate animal neglect but i wouldnt accuse anyone before i found out the full story.

[Bandit 0]

The facts are my dear Doddsy.

 

Point 1.

If he bought the Ferret in this state he doesn't know what he is looking at or for, and should not be keeping these animals in the first place. Aren't we always told from the experienced boys of old never buy from sellers who keep there stock in poor conditions as you may be getting more than you bargained for.

 

Point 2.

If it was a good clean Jill when he bought her it didn't take long for her to get in this state which leads me to think his husbandry is poor. When I clean my Ferrets out, which as I have already stated is daily, they are checked over from nose to tail, and on finding a problem it is dealt with straight away.

 

As well as you giving, Ginge, your good advice on putting the Jill in the bath, I was mearly insinuating that for an animal to have to put up with this very small, easily sorted out problem for two weeks smacks to me of a poor inexperienced handler. I suppose the next post from Ginge will be "Has anyone got a cure for Footrot".

 

The facts, Dodsy, were laid out at the start of the post, and if you read some of Ginge's other post's you can see from his obtuse questions that he is one Ferret short of a business. I await your reply with baited breath.

 

Bandit

[Guest Bigbob]

Nice one Bandit

 

Good animal husbandry must come first

[doddsy1970 9]

The facts are my dear Doddsy.

 

Point 1.

If he bought the Ferret in this state he doesn't know what he is looking at or for, and should not be keeping these animals in the first place. Aren't we always told from the experienced boys of old never buy from sellers who keep there stock in poor conditions as you may be getting more than you bargained for.

 

Point 2.

If it was a good clean Jill when he bought her it didn't take long for her to get in this state which leads me to think his husbandry is poor. When I clean my Ferrets out, which as I have already stated is daily, they are checked over from nose to tail, and on finding a problem it is dealt with straight away.

 

As well as you giving, Ginge, your good advice on putting the Jill in the bath, I was mearly insinuating that for an animal to have to put up with this very small, easily sorted out problem for two weeks smacks to me of a poor inexperienced handler. I suppose the next post from Ginge will be "Has anyone got a cure for Footrot".

 

The facts, Dodsy, were laid out at the start of the post, and if you read some of Ginge's other post's you can see from his obtuse questions that he is one Ferret short of a business. I await your reply with baited breath.

 

Bandit

 

I have done as you suggested Bandit and gone back and read some of ginge's old posts and from them i have realised that the guy is probably young and definitely inexperienced. I have also read some of your replies not just to him but also to other ferreters and realise that you have a fair amount of knowlege so wouldnt it be better to advise (just like you did when you suggested reading a book) as opposed to running a guy down and then after that if he didnt take notice of the advice then you could have a go. I personally believe that we should encourage younger people to participate in field sports because they are being educated away from it by our present goverment if we dont then we can say goodbye to the country life for good!! I also agree with husbandry of your animals is first and foremost in a healthy and happy life for them. I dont wnat to turn this post into a tit for tat argument this is just my opinion and if you dont agree with it then that is your perogative. One other point id like to make is that i got my hob from a breeder and i use breeder in its loosest context who had been feeding them bread and milk, he was skinny and in poor condition he was also very bitey but after feeding him correctly and handling him regularly i have been rewarded with a friendly happy good tempered excellent worker

[Guest Woody]

Bandit you are right, Ginge does seem to be asking some pretty odd questions...

 

Ginge, if you're new to the game, so to speak, by all means ask questions, but use a bit of common sense too, and don't rush into things.

 

If you've only just got ferrets, I'd make sure you're fully aquainted with them, and that you're confident in your own ability before you start working them, and when you do start, if I were you, I wouldn't think about getting a dog too quickly.

 

With the greatest respect, if you're a youngster, which I think its generally assumed you are, its quite possible that over the next few months when theres no ferreting to be done that you'll lose interest. I'm not saying that'll happen, and I hope it doesn't, but in any hobby, there's always a massive temptation to rush in and buy loads of gear etc, before you really need it. In this case, there'd be animals involved, so I think the fair thing to do would be to hold your horses for a while.

[Bandit 0]

Thank you for your most courteous retort Doddsy. However,and there always is one, I think my comments to Ginge were firm but fair. The hobby he has undertaken is not for the faint hearted, and I should think he is big enough and ugly enough to take such advice/comments on the chin. If he was offended by my comments then why hasn't he replied?

 

As for yourself, buying from what you describe as a "breeder in the loosest context", shame on you. You are only encouraging these types of "breeders" to keep making money therefore encouraging them to propagate more stock ad infinitum.

 

Well rant over,by the way Doddsy the correct spelling for perogative is PREROGATIVE.

 

I thank you

 

Bandit

[ginge2k6 0]

thanks guys i get wat yur sayin and i have been a bit of a dicked with my ferrets but yu learn from yur mistakes

[doddsy1970 9]

Thank you for your most courteous retort Doddsy. However,and there always is one, I think my comments to Ginge were firm but fair. The hobby he has undertaken is not for the faint hearted, and I should think he is big enough and ugly enough to take such advice/comments on the chin. If he was offended by my comments then why hasn't he replied?

 

As for yourself, buying from what you describe as a "breeder in the loosest context", shame on you. You are only encouraging these types of "breeders" to keep making money therefore encouraging them to propagate more stock ad infinitum.

 

Well rant over,by the way Doddsy the correct spelling for perogative is PREROGATIVE.

 

I thank you

 

Bandit

I did not pay for my hob i just gave it a better life than what it would have had had I left it with him. Bandit I return you compliments and thankyou for a good mannered argument oh yeah and thanks for pointing out my spelling mistake