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Everything posted by lor123
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jaysus mate if the missis is encouraging you i would be buying all sorts of hunting stuff for "family outings" then when they get pist off you have everything before the moaning starts and all you will hear is. are you spending more money on that crap. strike while the irons hot.
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yep you just have to make sure they dont get too dirty down below and get infection. i have never had a problem and i think this is only internet rumour because i know of a few others that do the same and their is a few on here aswell.
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alcohol does do the trick just like surgical spirits. but the best of the lot is 25mins 220c in a fan oven, preheated of course. kills everything.
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im sorry to hear that , but im glad to see you got in touch with the vet and didnt just hope and wait for the best.atb
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some people wont agree here prob but i always give them a tap on the nose when they nip and it seems to snap them out of it,but still like the other lads said feed before handling. they all nip in the beginning its in their nature but soon enough with plenty of handling it wont matter if your hands smell of meat they wont bother.
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Some Of My Kits That's Left "little Stunners"
lor123 replied to mhopton's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
little crakers -
This is a subject I do not understand ;The need to take a jill out of season First let me say I have and use a vac hob to get my jills out but I have reared and used ferrets for 60 years and it is only recently that I started doing it. Years ago there was no such thing as a Vac hob the operation was not known also there was no Jill Jab .Ferrets when looked after well with good husbandry lived as long as they do today. I have read about the likly-hood of infection and I think the whole tail has been started by Vets to get money Sam i agree you can just leave a jill in heat and they
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one mans rubbish is another mans treasure.
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similiar thing happened to myself last year, borrowed a hob from a mate to cover 2 jills, mate said hes so friendly its unbelievable. the little fecker locked onto my hand. took him home and out with the welding glove put him in the stable with jills. that evening my 12yr old was walking around with this little fecker cuddling into her so thinking i was the big man took him off her to handle it and the fecker locked onto me again.he still has the smelly fecker and to be honest im scared shitless of it i am convinced that the thing hates me for some reason.
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spot on.
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Sweat Box I Think A Bad Idea From The Start
lor123 replied to ratpackjack's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
it would be fine inside a shed or something like that but as a stand alone unit i dont think the guy that makes them will be winning a design of the year award unless he markets them as torture chambers. -
this can leed to damage in the lower digestive tract which if you use buckets of bleach may even be the cause of bloody stools??????
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forgot to ad bleach contains chlorine when in confined spaces can also poison if not used properly.
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NEVER wash ferret hutches with jeyes or any other solution that goes white when added to water,its phenol based and can be injested through the ferrets skin leading to death OP your kit with the problem chewing its feet? Had you used any such cleaner on the hutch? Y.I.S Leeview No I have not used any of the cleaning agents described above I can't believe that one would suggest using jeyes in a kit's hutch. I use pet-safe disinfectant from the pet store, very diluted bleach, scrubbing brush and several buckets of bleach if there are parasites (there are none now), I use indoorex spray
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good he is ok and you sussed the problem.
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if it was me and considering its only a kit i would be suspecting worms coccidiosis or some parisite. it might be worth your while first just spraying it with frontline to rule out external parisites and then wash with jeyes fluid or lightly burn around hutch or area with blowtorch you can give a mild broadspectrum wormer but always remember to burn or jeyes fluid the hutch and keep it clean and fresh bedding everyday so as to prevent reinfection also you can treat for cocci through the water but all that said it is best to go the vet and get the stools tested because its very hard to say it m
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theres prob the best idea of the lot.
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Not in any way a criticism of you mate, but I think that book is a pile of shite, for a beginner, much better in my opinion are Martin Hollinshead books, that guy really knows his stuff and for any prospective HH owners really do take things to another level. well i dont think its shite but it is a bit vague in parts and criticism is a good thing because everyone has different points of view but yes martin hollinshead does know his stuff and goes into good detail. but i still like lee williams the harris hawk. even if you think its shite lol
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yes this is very good advice, theirs alot of knowalls out their.everyone are still picking up and learning things with every season and every bird is different has its own ways about it or little things it does. if you dont get a good mentor you could very well end up with an aggressive bird
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nothing like a talon up the hole to get ya moving. lol
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this is good advice, dont scrimp on telemetry, alot of people cant afford it or will say sure its more than the bird or you dont need it with a harris they dont fly far. well when your harris is fit it does fly far.
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had a few of those brave sparrows, she managed to get 2 of them a few weeks ago but had to block up the bars they were driving her nuts and they are superfast little feckers.
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if you get a good book it will help out personnally i like 'The harris hawk' by lee william harris plenty of info in their will help you out.
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yea you should learn how to make them your self, you will pick up a piece of hide and get a hell of a lot of jesses and anklets out of it. go online theirs loads of sites and i was even making hoods after few weeks. theirs nothing like making your own gear and after few attempts you will be making them like a pro.
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if your feeding any type of frozen food all the moisture and oils are destroyed from the freezing process thats how a lot of birds of prey get dehydrated as all oils and water come from their food and when they go into the moult in summer and falconers are feeding from the freezer in the heat oil and water intake drops at the time that its needed most as not all bop will drink from water bowl, so it would be a good idea to just rub or inject a little cod liver oil into anything your feeding. it does sound like a slight deficiency but it could be that the moult is just taking a lot out of her m
