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Right fellas after finding out what a ferret court is (previous post) i reckon i fancy a bit of that for my two. I currently have a decent sized hutch kept in my gardening shed which is 8x6. I was thinking about emptying the shed of all gear so its just got the hutch in it, fixing some wood across the door hole on the inside about 2-3 feet high so i can step over but they cant get out, making a ramp up to hutch and leaving bottom door on hutch open amd putting a pile of logs and some 100m pipe laid about in there.
Does this sound ok? Also would i need to sawdust the whole shed floor or maybe just put a litter tray in corners because they seem to s**t in the corners of the hutch so assuming they will do the same in the shed? Sawdusting the whole shed seems a bit much.
i just feel a bit bad about them bein cooped up all time, because im not working them yet, when i could sort shed out n they could do what they wanted all day.
thanks in advance for any advice.
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First post???? And possibly last?!
Ouch!!!
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No one is born a c**t its the lessons and morals you are taught/learn by parents and others as you grow up. If they see it as acceptable once you are no longer a child, ie into your teens and twenties, then they will see it as acceptable till the day they die. 31, 61 whatever age. Shocking how people could use a site like this as a locating tool. I was guna message someone today about meeting up at the weekend for a go wi ferrets. I think it may have to be a neutral meeting place now. People like that will spoil it for the 99% of people on here who have no hidden agenda.
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some unreal setups on there. Quality.
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Guna sound like a right plonker rodney but what is a ferret court lads? I keep reading on here about them and that they are better than hutches. Are they just bigger than an average hutch?
I have 2 ferts and they are in a double up n down hutch so the top is half sleeping area half open and the bottom is just an open area where i put their food bowl water bottles and couple of toys. I thought this would be a big enough set up?
i do let them run around the shed with me while im cleaning out n feeding etc but would like them to have the best home i can give them so would consider a court if this is better and i can do it.
cheers in advance for not takin the piss!!!
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Thanks for the help vanman.
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Vanman these are my first ferrets. The hob was from a rescue centre and the jill came from a 'working' background where there must have been 50+ ferrets. Dont get me wrong they all looked well kept and clean but i think handling was from hutch to box and box to warren.
I was more wary of the hob to start with because he is quite a bit bigger but he seems fine. The jill is fine with being handled when i first get them out but once she has been sniffing around a bit or if i have put them through my log pile in back garden she seems very excitable n that is when she gets nippy.
Today was the first time she has got her teeth on me but i did see it coming and let her do it because i figured how can u teach them not to do it if you just avoid it happening, because sooner rather than later that is going to end up reducing handling them which would have a negative effect and snowball to a ferret that never gets held?
I didnt suprise her, she came to me climbed up my wellies on her back legs so i put my hand to her she had a sniff around and opened wide! In no means was it a serious bite. And they are well fed on a mix of rabbit (when i get them) and dry ferret food so she shouldnt have been hungry. I think it was inquisitive/playfull.
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Alrate lads
just a quick one. I am new to ferrets and hoping to get ferreting before long. I have a hob and a jill both from this years young. I keep them in a hutch in a shed. I have had them about three weeks and i go in and handle them everyday some days it is only a few minutes and some days i let them run around the shed with me in it for half an hour or so and during that time i stroke them and pick them up etc.
For the first time today the jill bit me. It wasnt what i would call a viscious bite and she didnt hang on i think she was just playing. I just said a firm no and moved my hand away and she let go.
Where i got the hob from told me to flick them on the nose if they bite but i have read on other websites this is not the way to do it.
I was just wondering how you lot stop your ferrets from biting? Different people have different methods i suppose but most will have more experience than me so thought i would ask!
Cheers
ry
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Im donny aswell mate. Pm'd you.
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This is probably me being a bit green seen as i am just getting into ferreting but do you need permission on places like the dales or is it just allowed?
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Just a quick update lads i havent tried mixing the dogs and ferrets again yet but i have had the two dogs out mooching where i know there is a few warrens and i think the youngest one is marking brilliantly. Doesnt bother with some holes quick sniff n walks on then will come to some and he is near on breaking his neck to get down them! Its first time i have tried using a dog for what it does naturally and its a great feeling seeing an animal of yours working and absolutely living doing it.
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Cheers for that andy. Sorry to hear about your dog being run over. Must be devastating that. Did you do any flushing with him? I know how to train basics, recall sit stay etc and i am expecting she will naturally want to retrieve with it being in her breeding but i am hoping to get her working the rough and hedgerows for me. Ideally would like her on hand signals eventually so i could send her out into a field a distance away back across to come inline with me and flush back towards me but im not sure if that will be a step to far given the limited shooting oportunities.
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Also i have been told lab pups shouldnt do to much walking/jumping or going up and down stairs etc until their hips have formed???
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Alrate fellas
just put a deposit down for a choc lab pup. Its from a friends bitch. Mother n father both good pedigree (to the man on the street or novice like me) and the father is used for working.
she will be my first lab but having a wife and a young daughter she wont be an out and out gun dog due to the misus and the little un petting her and also family life reducing chances for working her. I would however like her to do a bit of flushing and retrieveing on the small bits of permission i have.
As i said i am a novice with the gun dog side, i have dogs already so know how to fetch a puppy up and basic training etc but is there anything i need to be careful with. I.e. i have been told not to let her have squeeky toys if i want her to retrieve without crushing the kill.
I am planning on training her on her own, without the other dogs there basically to focus her attention, i also plan on walking her alone until im happy with where she is at. However she will be kept with the other dogs (westies) in the house.
also any tips on any do's/dont's for advancing her training would be great.
cheers in advance
ry
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Cheers terryd, looks very nice but seen as im a novice how do i debone a rabbit???
cheers
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hi anyone no any good ways of cooking rabbit i have tried boiling it and wasnt much taste.
so looking a recipe on roasting one. thanks
Have these mate, good luck.
Cheers, D.
i made the rabbit hotpot from these recipies today and it was bloody lovely, got some left for tommorow after my morning mooch aswell!
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Thanks for the advice guys i am a novice and do appreciate your experiences and the ideas.
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Both dogs have good levels of obedience but the younger one just switches with his prey drive. Its not that he doesnt understand no its like he is so transfixed on getting to what he is after it doesnt even register. Thing is he is such a quiet shy dog until there is summat he wants to chase or dig for then theres no talking to him!!!
he has always been the same. He once took a wren out of the air, mid flight. I think he wouldve been a brilliant terrior for ratting or for putting to earth but they are r lasses babies so sniffing out rabbits is about as close to their vocations as they will ever get. Poor lads.
the older one wasnt bothered about the ferrets so i reckon i could get him working with them but i dont think he would be as good at marking the warrens!
Time will tell for both.
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Well that didnt go to plan. The eldest one was fine. Not interested in em at all. The youngest one started barking so i booted him out. Then i shut the shed with me in it and let the ferrets out for a run about and im guessin the dogs had got the jills back up because she was totally different to normal in her body language. She ended up biting my feet and swingin off my trouser leg! Having not been bit by one yet obviously i was sh**ing myself and i think i probably looked like our lass when she finds a spider. I know i am going to get bitten sooner or later but i am NOT looking forward to it!!! I quickly filled their food bowl and water bottles put them back and got out.
all in all a very unsuccesfull dog introduction / handling time.
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The thing is both the dogs are that hysterical just on the smell of the ferrets i havent even taken them in the shed yet where i keep em. Didnt want the dogs yapin n whigning freaking the ferrets out. Just about to go see to ferrets now so will take them in with me n see what happens!
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Hi lads
if you have seen my other post you will know i am new to all this. This is a quick and simple question.
i have two westies about 4years and 3years. I know they would both mark well for me for the rabbit warrens but they have both turned nuts since i got my ferrets. I know they arent the usual working terrior but the bloke i got the eldest one from used to work his mum n dad for certain things bigger than rabbits. Has anybody used westies before? Also does a dog need to be introduced to ferrets as a pup or is it possible to teach an older dog not to savage a ferret because im pretty sure thats what one of them would do. I would love to be able to take them with me but they dont seem to see any sense once they smell the ferrets they go into real terrior mode.
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Alrate everyone,
My name is ryan i have been reading the forum for a while now but i have just joined up to be able to post.
I recentley moved into the sticks on a dirt track, next door neighbour 500yards down the lane and plenty of fields to walk plus a few canals and couple of rivers close by. Managed to get a bit of permission on a couple of paddocks and the local cricket ground. I have only ever used the air rifle before but decided i wanted to try ferreting. After reading a lot on here and talking to a few chaps i work with i decided to get myself set up.
I have intially got myself 2 ferrets one hob one jill. A Decent hutch from a friend along with 15/20 purse nets and a carrying box. I am itching to get out but as i have never been before (and dont have an experienced hand to go with) i am a bit nervous. See all of the warrens i have seen are along hedgerows. I am assuming that if i have permission for one field it doesnt allow me access to the other side ofthe hedge for netting or retrieving?
Also i dont have a locator so would it be stupid to net up the holes i can see and sit it out if the ferret doesnt reappear? I have been told by an old boy at work to use the jill and if she doesnt come back up send the hob down n he will move her n they will come out???
Also what are the rules/laws with ferreting common or public ground? Like i said i have only used air rifles before and obviously they are a big no no.
Any help much appreciated.
(I have copied this over from the new members section to where the ferreters are!)
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Cheers the one.
Could anyone point me in the direction of how to repost this in the ferreting part of the forum aswell???
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Is this still available soapy?
Ferret Court
in Ferrets & Ferreting
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Grey rake, good idea wi lino for set up i have. Thanks
vanman, this is a relatively temporary measure. In the summer i am planning on building a brick built shed. Inside this i am goin to incorporate their hutches linked to an external court with some kind of shutter door system so i can close them in the hutches when i clean court and vice versa. This was just to get me through to summer so i can make a proper ferret mansion!
also i have just spent half hour in the shed with them and both my jill and hob jumped back into the hutch went to the loo and jumped back out to carry on playing so hoping they may keep that up. So im thinking dont sawdust and see how they go?
Vanman where yours is concrete do u put any sawdust down? Also ive heard concrete or slabs is good for wearing their claws down so i may put a few random slabs in just for that?