Skulking ferret

[Fat-Ferret 857]

there could of been a rat down there cheers DM

 

She bolted a rabbit just before she came out, But mayve could have been a rabbit too...

[The one 8,503]

Your making it worse snatching at her when she wont leave the mouth of a burrow and maybe rough handling her ,You need to go back to basic's get a piece of pipe in your garden let her run threw this and come right out before you pick her up ,then make a bit of noise and let her come right out .Maybe give her a bit meat a sip of milk or some ferret paste something she likes so she will come right out . I get the kids to do this in the summer with any kitts new ferrets and i rarely have trouble but you cant rush it or snatch at your ferret or you just make it worse and your left standing like a lemon outside a burrow waiting on a ferret

[Kay 3,709]

Patience is the key , have had ferrets here who bop back & forth when you attempt to pick them up , never had a kit raised from here do it only handed in ferrets so i can only assume in my case its lack of handling in the first place.

 

Also bare in mind its a kit & going down a very dark hole into the unknown has got to be pretty daunting so when you think so has the reverse , coming into the daylight from a dark place , its very much a new experience for any ferret the first season its worked

[The one 8,503]

Aye you got to give ot plenty time to exit the burrow as theres a big diffence from a kitt who thinks theres still a rabbit in the burrow to a ferret who skulks about

[Coatesy900 0]

Got one like that, except he seems to think its a game... jump just out of reach as soon as I come close enough, then if I step back he comes out again and does that freaky dancing thing ferrets do before turning round and running back in again, lol.

 

Could just be a bit too young?

[Brimmer 220]

Young one's will fool around a bit, the world of ferreting is a big place to a kit, dogs and folk stomping around above them.

But from what you have said, (and i've seen it lots of times) the young critter has taken a slamming off the hind legs of a rabbit saying it's not coming out.

Seen plenty of jills and hobs getting into it full swing, untill they get this, and then it's like a light switch, and never seen it switch back on again.

Good luck with her, hope she comes round.

Edited November 22, 2008 by Brimmer

[Fat-Ferret 857]

Got one like that, except he seems to think its a game... jump just out of reach as soon as I come close enough, then if I step back he comes out again and does that freaky dancing thing ferrets do before turning round and running back in again, lol.

 

Could just be a bit too young?

 

 

Thats exactly what she does, and makes that clucky noise!!!

[rabbit tourmentor 29]

i feel for you mate i had one like that once i swear i would of shot it if i would have had a gun on me patience mate

every hunter should have it cheers r.t

[stealthy1 3,964]

Stick with it, try standing further back when it exits the run and give it more time to come out, ot blackmail it with a snack, or move back to smaller warrens until it builds more confidence.