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    For anyone in the east Essex ferret welfare have a few vasectomised hobs and Jill's can visit them for a reasonable fee. Worked for ours. The vet practice they use is experienced with the operation and is probably a good place to get your own hob done. The implants that replace jill jab are extremely expensive as Arry says
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    With you on that,. Not much near me it's mostly arable but one farm I have permission on uses a lot and it's very difficult to ferret. I've not cracked how to work those types of hedges successfully. Complete pain for ferrets and dogs with little reward
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    In East Anglia it's been evident for several weeks now. Big impact in population on the fields I know but not a complete wipeout yet
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    I feel better reading this thread as one of my current dogs can be sensitive, it's not unusual as they get older. Only thing I'd add into consideration for old lurchers is cheap frozen white fish boiled briefly and flaked in. I use a lot of cooked chicken, various kibble that I know works (none cheap), rice and raw game. I like the idea of all raw but the difficulty knowing where it really comes from makes me hesitate
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    That's Kevin Mallon s line. When I was looking it was clear good whippets within easy travel of me , these days are expensive, much more than lurchers on plus side I liked Kevin's approach, pups are very well reared and handled and I felt we were off to a good start.
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    As far as I know both outcross to keep the lines sharp so you'll see different parents from time to time. As I said, I'm impressed with physical attributes of mine
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    Easy to find breeders of working whippets on Instagram. Honestly . Some great lines about. I have a Hedgerunner and he is rapid and very prey driven
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    Plenty of optimism here . In my experience most dogs are humbled by rabbits on golf courses. Of 10 lurchers I've had, only one was a regular taker of rabbits on sports pitches in daylight and she was exceptional at picking up compared to the rest. One of my two current dogs is a whippet who is proven fast on the clock, he's not sussed it yet and usually carries too much speed into a potential catch opportunity. As ever, High winds, poor light and a careful approach help a lot
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    They have to be sexually mature. I had one done this year end of may at 11 months. With 6 week delay Before sperm is dead it makes it tricky to use them until following year
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    At least in humans, ligament tears don't particularly hurt so probably explains dogs lack of response and with poor blood supply they don't heal well either. For serious ligament and tendon injuries that need surgery there's a short window of time to fix them and I am not confident about success. Only ever had one like that and vet amputated her toe. Good news is there was no obvious impact on running
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    I'm pretty sure Sally Hancock still breeds the occasional litter and there are still enthusiasts out there
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    That's an awesome 24 hours ?
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    Completely agree, they are not soft dogs. My collie lurcher was attacked by a lab at 6 months and now he goes for them, of course because they are a common dog this can occur almost every day and people thinks he's a c...t. I've been bitten a few times by dogs but only two breeds...... border collies (both times trying to get permission ?) and labs. Borders sneaked around and got me in the calf but labs were more upfront about it.
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    Good idea to try fish oil, also Loxicom for cats is used off label for ferrets as painkiller. Best to give in short bursts of about 3 days, I've not had problems with that. As others have said 8 is a great age for a job, you must be doing a great job
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    You're going to have a lot of fun with her, she looks great
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    The difference I find is more people have an opinion, Its always been hard to get permission but i don't remember anyone but landowners being bothered about hunting with dogs 40 years ago. I completely get the excitement about terriers and a lurcher, I loved seeing that interaction. Today we have so many muntjac and badgers where I live it's not practical to have a terrier, the poor b*****d would never be allowed off the lead ?
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    Apologies if it's already been posted but FFS the Jill jab Delvosteron, is discontinued and there is no replacement. My vet suggested implants which a friend of mine in Denmark uses so I know they work but... £250 a ferret. My last vasectomised hob died 3 years although I just caught an escaped entire male so it's an option but my Jill's are almost all in season so it's a long wait before that would work out.
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    Positive thinking, appreciate that ?
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    Phenomenal, probably the best word to describe the rabbit tick burden on a ferret we picked up yesterday thanks to a friendly farmer who spotted him and called me. Thanks to fine tweezers and fipronil all should be fine
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    A friend of my mum's in the late 1970s had a Ibizan, they lived on a smallholding and said it caught a lot of rabbits mouching on its own. Unfortunately it wasn't ferret wise so the one time we visited with my ferrets and terriers it was obvious he couldn't get involved so I didn't see it work. Nice looking dog though
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    Always together, so I don't know how he'd be on his own
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    He's 16 months now
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    Hi to all, so I've never owned a whippet before and have encountered an irritating habit that got worse in the last month of ferreting and was wondering if anyone out there has had success minimising noise during ferreting? So he runs prey silently, almost never barks at home so I was very happy going into his first winter, but.... when the ferret slot machine is not paying out fast enough for his liking he yips at the holes he senses are near the underground action. On top of that, if he runs a bolted rabbit to ground again he persistently barks at the hole while constantly looking at me
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    That is a little odd. Most years one of mine randomly loses hair around the tail, (I believe it's a hormone imbalance) however their coat usually looks poor as it's starting to come out whereas that ferret seems to have a good coat elsewhere. Sorry I've never had a ferret temporarily lose hair that wasn't linked to the classic "bottle brush tail".
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    Some time ago the advice on keeping these hormones changed, they don't last very long once opened even in the vets fridge. I think old hormone is one reason some jills come out of season. At the moment I don't have a vasectomised hob so I am using jabs and it's fine, last year none of 4 Jill's came back in. However I bought a whole vial at my own risk as vet said they would not do any followup unless it was either new hormone or my material in their fridge I try to wait until all are ready, but don't leave it too long as once they are full in season it's the right time. . another 6 to 8 w
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