advice needed

[andy 2006 0]

just looking for some advice on how old ferrets should be when u first take them

[stealthy1 3,964]

If you mean to work, 9 months for me, if you mean weaned, I like to pick them up at 8 to 10 weeks

[josh-waddingham 13]

If you mean to work, 9 months for me, if you mean weaned, I like to pick them up at 8 to 10 weeks

agreed

took the words out of my mouth!

although i have a 9 year old albhino jill, only had her three years worked her from the week i got her and shes the best ferret iv ever had!

[runforyourlife 361]

just looking for some advice on how old ferrets should be when u first take them

 

 

Theres alrready a thread going on this subject on the same post page!

 

So i copied this what i wrote earlier on that thread, couldnt be assed explaining again....

 

 

 

 

 

Theres no need to worry about it mate, you had it right yourself, you said you wanted to work it this coming season. Then do so, just do it with an experienced ferret. I f your ferret is from working stock and has been kept fit while growing up, it will have no problem with a stoat or rat, they would rather bolt than have a confrontation(not like a lot on here)...

 

And as for badger, well in all my life of ferreting i have never had a badger nor fox attack a ferret. If you worried about all these things you would never enter it to ground... Just enjoy your young ferret, and if it doesnt want to work, then dont force it, take it home and leave it a while...

 

And as for only entering the ferret into a warren that a good marking dog hasnt marked, would be a daft thing to do anyway. THats why you have a marking dog, so that you dont waste time and enter into a dead earth......A good marking dog is usually 99% right anyway..