[lost ferret]

Hi everyone

well went out ferreing day 1st burrow nothing much at home just the one rabbit second burrow put my jill down nothing for ages then one bolts so we think she is still working any way after abot 45 minutes of nothing i try to find her with the mk1 and all i find is the collar so i wait and wait then think sod it i will put my hob down with a collar on thinking when he finds her eating he will push her off or i can locate him and her well he stops moving for about 10 minutes so i think this is it and i start digging he the pops his head up out another hole so again i put him bsck down and again in the same area he stops thats it im digging after awhile i reach the hole and put my arm in and feel a rabbit pull it out its dead but not chewed put my arm back in pull another out and then another both these to where alive and i put my arm back in and its a dead end.

So i try the same trick again but he is just going in one hole out another after abot 4 hours of her being down there with no sign i call it aday fill all the holes in but the one i put her down and leave a box there with a few rabbit kidneys, water & some hay in it when back about 3 hrs later still no sign put a little more food in there am going to go back tomorrow straigt after work

what do you think the chances are of me getting her back?????????????????????

oh end result was 1 lost ferret (my best) and 5 rabbits

whent for a walk

[Gundog Choice]

Ok as some of you may have seen I’m after a Gundog this is not an instant buy so no particular rush I can wait to find the right breed of dog BUT

The wife doesn’t want a Spaniel or a retriever and neither of use want a Labrador, She mentioned a Red Setter but after reading some replies on another forum I’m not keen I have shown her a Clumber spaniel and she ok. The Size don’t bother me too much as we have a 35kg boxer and a sturdy staff at 20kg. But some people have said that a working clumber is hard to find

 

So what other choices do I have?

I wish to train or at least try to train it to flush birds, rabbits and retrieve

[beagle's]

I know these dogs are used to flush rabbits and game birds but would it be possible to also train one to retrive as well?

The Mrs will not have a spaniel and neither of us want a lab, she mentioned a red setter but im not sure we both like beagles though

[Plucking]

Whats the best way to pluck game is it to pull the feathers in the direction they are laid or the oposite direction

hope that made sence

[ferret food]

Yes

[ferret food]

Yes

[Fat ferret]

they probebley get more dry than they should but they do get to run around i am trying to get them out after a few rabbits but been very busy away this week so i will get them after a few at the weekend

[Fat ferret]

Hello I have 4 four ferrets that are kept in pairs pair 1 is a albino vescetimsed hob and a polecat jill he is a big lad and could maybe do with loesing a little weight but the jill is fine

the other pair is a castrated albino hob is perfect the other is a polcat jill but she is well FAT. but there is alwas a llittle dry food left when I feed these two they get lots of rabbit and whole cockerals about bantom size

how do i get these two to loose weight without affecting the other two?

would it work if i put the two fattys together?

the only reason there not all together is the two hobs hate each other and the jills hate each other but are all fine when out in the field

Also is there any way of getting them all to get on i have tryed the put them together and let them sort it out but they just don't seem too

[ivormec]

After reading a few post ivormec keeps getting brought up what is it used for and where can you get?

Is it worth buy some as a just incase

[Meat diet]

I would buy them the cheap chickhen instead and i feed mine loads of stuff i have shot no problems

[purse net help]

Hi

I can make purse nets and do I always add the loop at alternet ends and when I reduce the net back down I do the same

 

But am I doing this right should they all be ob the same side of the net or does it not matter

[Could I]

Hello all Could I just make a net 15 meshes wide and if i wanted it for say 50 yards make it 100 yards long or do i have to stich the bagging in and do i ave to and a mesh above and below the main mesh

 

 

hope that makes sence

[quick question]

I had 13 kits last year with my smallest jill and i put meat in from 3 weeks not long and i was putting in a full phesant or rabbit and there was not a lot left i also bought a bigger bowl and filled it with dried ferret food i did not wet it or crush it and all mine where fine

I gave them the puppy milk you can buy and there mum and at the end when the kits where ready to leave my jill look very very well no weight loss hair loss or any thing her bilk dried up when the kit no longer needed it

[bathing ferrets]

Yes they do make different ferret shampoos which you can buy from pet shops

[TRIAL 2. two new kits]

Are you joking?????? why would you buy any pet working or not without finding out at least the very basics yes you can feed raw birds, rabbits etc and/or dry ferret food

[Ferreter needed Kent]

great thanks gave them a call going to meet them tomorrow

[frozen rabbit]

you can frezze rabbits birds what ever you like mate i do and my ferrets eat the lot fur feather beak the lot no probs

[The most ferreters]

Im a northener living in the south who ferrets where do i stand

[false pregnancy]

I mated my two jills with my versectamised hob (he was done last year) well one seems fine came out of season nice and slender the works the other (last years mum) came out of season and is now getting a bit pear shaped like shes pregnant could it be a false pregnancy? do i need to do anything or should i wait and see if it is if its not and his operation failed i will be having words with the vet.

Thats exactly what it is assuming the hobs firing blanks

do i need to do anything for do i treat her as though she is pregnant ie seperate her

[false pregnancy]

I mated my two jills with my versectamised hob (he was done last year) well one seems fine came out of season nice and slender the works the other (last years mum) came out of season and is now getting a bit pear shaped like shes pregnant could it be a false pregnancy? do i need to do anything or should i wait and see if it is if its not and his operation failed i will be having words with the vet.

[cr@p issues]

I have 2 years old jill that will not stop laying turds in the top hutch she is the only one that does this all the others go in the bottom run in one of two corners i have tryed evey thing i can think of. I have put things in the corner i don't want here to go, moved her poo to the place i want her to go moved her when sh is going to lay one and nothing seems to work is it that she is just lazy? anyone got any ideas

[Ferrets Stolen.....]

Y ou beat me to it she also rang me last night i hope the scum get cought

[Stubborn bunnies]

im new to this game so this might sound stupid! but why shouldnt you ferret during the summer??? to many young rabits or what? i guess pregant rabits would be a problem too.

 

too many young about easy meal for the ferrets under ground with new litters ect

too much folage around some warrans

ferrets cope better with the cfold than they do the heat

All that said there are people that do it for a living that need to use them in the summer months

[deerquest cd]

If anyone has a copy of the Deerquest cd i would very much like a copy. please pm me if you do

[should i go for it]

I found out today that my job will pay for 75%-% of my dsc1 and dsc2. Also they have a lot of deer that needs to be controled. Last year they culled around 3000. Do you think i should go and book this course or do i need more time with my shotgun and rough shooting. Do i need a mentor is there any one with a dsc cd that i could borrow or get a copy off.

Ihave not had my SGC long but i grew up around shooting and hunting.