ferrets

[gnipper 6,520]

Their temperament is hereditary imo so I can't see why working ability/instinct won't be. I've read about the ferrets from Abbots brothers being tame even though they weren't handled and a mate of mine remembers when him and his mates were kids receiving their ferrets on the train that were tame and worked well and that place must have been like a mustelid hancocks.

 

I think the key with kits & taming is food, if you shove enough in & they thrive minimal handling imo is required, i hate reading about bitey kits basically because i am of the opinion they get mauled to death & quite frankly pissed off so they nip

 

large litters can be seperated into small groups but again if enough food is added daily sibling rivalry should be minimal if not your not feeding enough

 

Kay wtf has that got to do with things that are in a ferrets genes? Hate reading about bitey kits all you like it will never be anything i've typed, most the threads on bitey kits are written by people who have bought on a whim without even knowing what they eat hence all the threads in summer like 'whats the best food?' and 'what should I keep my ferrets in?'. I was commenting on ferrets being tame without being handled and tamed as it was bred into them to be placid.

[Kay 3,709]

Their temperament is hereditary imo so I can't see why working ability/instinct won't be. I've read about the ferrets from Abbots brothers being tame even though they weren't handled and a mate of mine remembers when him and his mates were kids receiving their ferrets on the train that were tame and worked well and that place must have been like a mustelid hancocks.

 

I think the key with kits & taming is food, if you shove enough in & they thrive minimal handling imo is required, i hate reading about bitey kits basically because i am of the opinion they get mauled to death & quite frankly pissed off so they nip

 

large litters can be seperated into small groups but again if enough food is added daily sibling rivalry should be minimal if not your not feeding enough

 

Kay wtf has that got to do with things that are in a ferrets genes? Hate reading about bitey kits all you like it will never be anything i've typed, most the threads on bitey kits are written by people who have bought on a whim without even knowing what they eat hence all the threads in summer like 'whats the best food?' and 'what should I keep my ferrets in?'. I was commenting on ferrets being tame without being handled and tamed as it was bred into them to be placid.

 

As i have never taken any notice of what you have posted in the past are you normally that aggresive when someone disagrees with your opinion ?

[gnipper 6,520]

It wasn't agression it was more confusion as to what your post has to do with traits that are bred into lines of ferrets.

As I normally try not to take notice of anything you've posted i'll go back to that, be sure to let us all know when you catch your second rabbit though. How many years was it now since the picture of the one you caught(?) once upon a time?

[Leeview 791]

 

doesnt matter what ferret you got wether its bloodline or not if you train them right it'll be good worker in my eyes n from expriance

Pray tell me how you train your ferrets right?Simple Simon

Y.I.S Leeview

[Leeview 791]

Be interested to know if these ferrets line (in-)bred from generations of good workers work when supplied as kits to people who haven't a clue.

See my reply to S.S. and let me know how you train your workers? Stock from generations of good workers will produce a very high percentage of workers, which even in the hands of novices will work well. Why would nt they? once a ferret is entered into a warren theres not a lot any handler can do to influence it from maybe be 50-60ft away(not deep) The ferret either has working determination or it does nt, if it has so much the better BUT it still may not be a good top notch worker suitable for breeding from

Y.I.S Leeview

[Guest Magwitch]

Be interested to know if these ferrets line (in-)bred from generations of good workers work when supplied as kits to people who haven't a clue.

 

People who don't have a clue are normally Pet ferret owners who feed nothing but dry food to a meat eater. Ferreters have kept working animals for centuries not flurry ferret fanciers. More dribble and petty pet owner vs working animal cobblers..........

 

If you don't know the answer why not just say so, and leave the peurile baiting to the kids?

 

My humble apologies and you wonder why people get the bollock ache with you.

[Kay 3,709]

It wasn't agression it was more confusion as to what your post has to do with traits that are bred into lines of ferrets.

As I normally try not to take notice of anything you've posted i'll go back to that, be sure to let us all know when you catch your second rabbit though. How many years was it now since the picture of the one you caught(?) once upon a time?

 

Now who has gone off topic

[droid 11]

My humble apologies and you wonder why people get the bollock ache with you.

 

No I don't

 

 

That was irony for the hard of thinking.....

[Guest Magwitch]

My humble apologies and you wonder why people get the bollock ache with you.

 

No I don't

 

 

That was irony for the hard of thinking.....

 

There's a new poncy ferret forum just opened called gay biker's on ferretone run along................ :download:

[droid 11]

 

[gnipper 6,520]

Back on topic the best ferrets i've ever had were off the keepers dad who was the keeper before him and had the same line of ferrets for years, I could have probably picked one out of 50 other ferrets too as they all had the same features and were unlike most others, can't describe how but they were. This old boy certainly knew his ferreting and at about years old was still out and about on his carrier bike with a sack of ferrets on the front miles from home, he's in a home now the poor old feller.

Unfortunately the jill was the only ferret I ever lost at work (with a locator on) and the hob had a run in with my old border (who got the hiding of his life), he survived being bitten but must have damaged something internally as he faded a bit later on so I never got to breed them.

[Simple Simon 0]

Be interested to know if these ferrets line (in-)bred from generations of good workers work when supplied as kits to people who haven't a clue.

See my reply to S.S. and let me know how you train your workers? Stock from generations of good workers will produce a very high percentage of workers, which even in the hands of novices will work well. Why would nt they? once a ferret is entered into a warren theres not a lot any handler can do to influence it from maybe be 50-60ft away(not deep) The ferret either has working determination or it does nt, if it has so much the better BUT it still may not be a good top notch worker suitable for breeding from

Y.I.S Leeview

this is how ive trained them and its never let me down yet plenty of drain pipe buried underground and a rabbit skin thats how ive done anyone else got other ways

[Brimmer 220]

Be interested to know if these ferrets line (in-)bred from generations of good workers work when supplied as kits to people who haven't a clue.

See my reply to S.S. and let me know how you train your workers? Stock from generations of good workers will produce a very high percentage of workers, which even in the hands of novices will work well. Why would nt they? once a ferret is entered into a warren theres not a lot any handler can do to influence it from maybe be 50-60ft away(not deep) The ferret either has working determination or it does nt, if it has so much the better BUT it still may not be a good top notch worker suitable for breeding from

Y.I.S Leeview

this is how ive trained them and its never let me down yet plenty of drain pipe buried underground and a rabbit skin thats how ive done anyone else got other ways

I've not got any ways of training a ferret, they do what they do, and you are there to pick them up at the end of it. (or dig them out.) Instinct is all you want from them.

[whin 463]

very true never had pipes ,or holes to start them off ,just fed them rabbs bred them of treid and trustd workers and tried them and made mental notes who worked the best of the young ones i kept back and those that dont do it chapp on the head or pet home only way

[Leeview 791]

Be interested to know if these ferrets line (in-)bred from generations of good workers work when supplied as kits to people who haven't a clue.

See my reply to S.S. and let me know how you train your workers? Stock from generations of good workers will produce a very high percentage of workers, which even in the hands of novices will work well. Why would nt they? once a ferret is entered into a warren theres not a lot any handler can do to influence it from maybe be 50-60ft away(not deep) The ferret either has working determination or it does nt, if it has so much the better BUT it still may not be a good top notch worker suitable for breeding from

Y.I.S Leeview

this is how ive trained them and its never let me down yet plenty of drain pipe buried underground and a rabbit skin thats how ive done anyone else got other ways

I've not got any ways of training a ferret, they do what they do, and you are there to pick them up at the end of it. (or dig them out.) Instinct is all you want from them.

Aint that the truth

SS whats your idea behind burying drain pipes?

Y.I.S Leeview