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You are correct It's not very effective on dog fleas. I use the spot on for ferrets, seems ok on rabbit fleas

What drover said . Really important to vacuum everywhere that the dogs rest, wash any bedding, then get a residual insecticide spray into anywhere fleas might hide. I use vet bed at home and in the car, washes well and lasts a long time Otherwise dogs just get re infested after you've treated them. I wouldn't get hung up on active ingredients as long as it's a quality product. That said, it's worth alternating types to reduce the risk of resistance. On dogs and ferrets the active ingredients I use are fipronil sprays which nails ticks as well, alternate with ivermectin which also d

Sorry to hear. It's such a shitty thing to happen. Best wishes to you

With six v hobs over the years I've not seen this although they've never had more than three Jill's to serve. I have seen older Jill's be more difficult to mate. Also have heard from Essex ferret rescue that v hobs can become reluctant to mate if presented with too many bills in a short space of time. Unfortunately I don't have a great answer for you, only if you haven't tried the mating one to one in a separate cage that's worked for me with an old Jill who wouldn't easily mate. Last thing, interesting yours came back into season. All my Jill's also came back in this year

Tough day, although that's a decent age so he had a good life I'm sure Maybe a head injury although I've seen mine fall regularly in the aviary style pen I have and , god knows how, but never seen a serious injury. They seem to always cling on momentarily so their bum swings down and they slide / drop down arse first . Staggering is something I've often seen in aged and ill ferrets, so much so , I view it as a sign their end is coming, maybe days or months. Just once in many years, my ferret group at the time had ear mites and that made them stagger

Likely you've experienced foot injuries before but if not , unsurprisingly, my experience is running dogs are nightmare patients when gentle exercise is required. Four years ago i gave into buying greyhound specific boots, these stay on much better than cheap normal offerings. One of my dogs had slashed a pad on glass and it was 3 months before he was sound, the boots were vital once he began to feel better and we built up his walking.

And also some vets are very good, I find them increasingly cautious about outcomes as many Brits are increasingly always looking to blame someone else, ignoring the severity of situations or consequences of their own decisions. That's my grumpy older man view anyway. Hopefully the fact you went to the vet, they cleaned it up will see it right so best wishes for a successful recovery

They appear from time to time 2nd hand. I find them very reliable so unlucky in your case I think . Collars are not so reliable and I'm getting a fault every couple of seasons which is depressing now they are no longer available. Having first got ferrets in the late 1970s I'm hoping mine will see me out . I'd only buy a second hand MK3 collar that was definitely working. Prices are good so another option maybe start again with the new MK1 and set value of your collars against that ?

Time for me to confess one of my hob ferrets after three years of perfect behaviour became randomly aggressive in last month, is it heat? I needed a few lemon juice interactions to sort this. Also all three of my Jill's came back into season

Bitten while on holiday in Africa I understand

And for anyone who can travel I recommend talking to Essex ferret welfare, they often get hobs vasectomised. Jill's can be mated for a reasonable fee. Their vet knows the job and does it cheaply, you can get a v hob from Wendy at the rescue that's been done, last time about £120. My vet charged £180 three years ago and that has probably gone up. Just a castration now costs £90

I'm in Cambridgeshire so unfortunately can't help, reason for replying is hopefully your v hob was successful, did you give enough time after the op? I've always understood up to 3 months is needed for all the viable sperm in their testes to die off. Iny experience it makes it very difficult for a young hob to get to maturity then be vasectomised and mate Jills in good time in the first year. I've only had five hobs vasectomised over the years but each one was successful so hopefully that hob is going to do the business for you in future

Hopefully that Pharaoh hound is made of the right stuff for your line. The only one I have seen work was very good on rabbits, not enthusiastic about recall, it was obviously smart and very prey driven. Will be interesting to see if yours takes on bigger quarry

Sorry to hear of Phil's death, sympathy to his family and friends. His consistency in writing and filming about lurchers over a long period really impressed. And obvious willingness to travel. In current language I guess we would say he was probably the major influencer in the last 45 years

That's the one.