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Did you ever use apples or celery ?. They seem to prefer them to anything, especially apples.
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Stick the the hob on his own for a few days then throw the jill that you want brought out of season in with him. Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. My hob is the same, too many jills and he loses interest in them after a while and needs a wee break away from them. If that doesnt work then its down to the time of year and he probably is coming out of season.
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My wee beddy whippet has a thick wooley undercoat then a longer outercoat plus shes black. Shes in kennels and once it hits 20 shes panting and comes in to the house to cool down. Your right Sir if she got the chance to accllimatise she would get used to it but the weather is usually humid and close or pissing down here. 2 or 3 runs and she spends more time recovering between runs. Il just stick to the fishing for another month. Adampie I have been getting baby bunnies during December the last 2 years. The seasons are getting shorter so no harm hitting them earlier Atb.
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Probably mid September or start of November for me. I would give my bitch a run but she would keel over. She cant handle any heat whatsoever. il wait till its much cooler before I head out.
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A lot of animals being abandoned. Saw a big silver coloured domestic rabbit last year eating in the middle of a horse field. There were never rabbits in that field, I put a trap out but a fox or ferile cat bet me to it.
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I just let them bite me and play rough back with them. they get the message that im stronger than them after a bit. Give them a wee scruff till they yawn and roll them on their back every time they nip. Some ferrets are clever enough to keep up the biting if they get a reaction. sometimes with persistant biters I handle more and get my 8 year old daughter to handle them so they are fine by the time its ready to be homed. Give them wee treats off the back of your hand to begin with and move on to feeding them from your fingers. Open their mouths and get them used to teeth being checked Just ma
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Thats the kits sorted for a week.
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Longer waits for the ferret as it will find nests and kill the young, doe's are less reluctant to bolt. Jaggies, nettles to sting the hell out you and catch on nets. Grounds harder to dig too. Summertime ferreting is a pain in the balls to be honest. Id Invest in a collar and locator if I was as you will lose the ferret if it gets stuck behind a rabbit in a stop end.
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I use the the galvanised mesh in the corner of my hutches, the stuff used for avieries. Got it on the front of my runs and hutches. No had any problems with it rotting, its been in the hutches a couple years now. Iv 6 ferrets using it so it does clog but it gives me about 3 or 4 days before the hutch needs cleaning out. Used to be every day before I put it in.
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Never mention lurchers while asking for permission. Iv been told to fook off back to my camp site loads of times because of my choice of working dog. Iv never stayed on a campsite !. Get one permission then branch out, if you see somebody working on other neighbouring land go up and chat with them, they cant shut a door in yer face then. Its always paid off for me. Helps if you know a wee bit about farming too. I learned the types of cattle and sheep that are kept beside me, medications and diseases they get. 15 mins talking about livestock and dosing, then ask for permission. Usually dose the
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My staffy comes into the house at night in the winter when its too cold and my beddy whippet has been in the kitchen during the day with this heat wave, she really cant handle any heat. The staffy dont smell but the lurcher does, both shed badly and its constant. Id rather they were outdoors all the time but its not possible as iv only a postage stamp for a garden thats exposed to the elements and only got room for a couple dog houses for them. Sometimes I just let one in the odd time because I like having them around. Allways grew up with dogs inside.
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Collar him up and chuck him in the burrows when the season starts and bring a pal that can be quiet to help you net up and dig if need be.
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RIP Tiercel.
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The hob needs 8 weeks to stop producing, if you stick your jill in with him at the end of the month and hes only had the operation 2 weeks ago, theirs still a chance of your jill having kits.
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Baby ferrets still have the aww factor even when their covered in blood in guts lol. Their sweet looking wee kits, I do like the light silvers.
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Think their trying to kill off another natural food source so we are all dependent on buying food from the shops ?. Rabbits hit with biological agents because they were plentyful and easy to catch. Cant eat shell fish because of pollution also, but their on sale in the fish market. I dont honestly believe its just because rabbits cause damage to crops they release vhd and myxi. Last time myxi hit here and wiped out all the rabbits there were a lot of hares dying off from something too.
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Their tough wee fckrs. I stood on ones head before. Stepped back straight on to its head with my heel. I would be big enough. Any other wee animals brains would be coming out its ears, it just ran away and started playing again. Went over another one with a wheelie bin wheel too when I was cleaning their cages out. The bin was full too. But again the the ferret was fine. Im sure I read before of somebody catching polecats alive in fenns in the trapping section.
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My jills are mothering each other. Their even mothering the vasectomised hob to the point he can barely get out the nest box, the operation on my hob worked as some of my jills are coming back into season. One jill is quite noticeably swelled up. This year was the first time I had a vasectomised hob to bring them out season. Got it done as I cant be annoyed with the hassle of trying to get decent homes for kits.
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Staffies can make good ratters, all of mine have found and killed rats at some point or another. My beddy whippet isnt so keen on them. She breaks their back with a wee shake and tosses them into the air and walks on, she doesnt finish them off, but my staffy pup likes crunching them up.
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Any decent breed of terrier should be good on rats. Obviously not Maltese and Yorkies.
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Hey bud, hope you dont mind me following you. It used to be the old friend request. Any craic with you ?. Just thought if I dont answer my phone message me here.
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So far she has been. Some dogs she doesnt like but shes ok with the majority. Fine with sheep and cattle too, but a fkcr with horses.
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No patterdale in her kerny, shes a first cross pitbull /staffordshire. I couldnt tell you what lines if any are in her. My pal bred her and I got the pup from him. Iv had dogs from him in the past and they work and suit me for a bit hunting and whatever. He doesnt breed them for working though, just pets but more irresponsble breeding than anything else, to be honest. This pups a bit softer than my last dogs but still helps out ratting, ferreting and bushing.
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Here is my bitch Sadie . 1st x Pit/staffy, still only a pup but she has grown up a wee bit since the last picture I put up of her. Very adaptable terriers when trained and socialised right.
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Never cared for white staffs but that dog in the picture above is pure class imo. Built the same way as my old brindle staffies were.
