My new trick.

[Haystack 11]

It's taken a while, but I've now got one of my poles and one of my albinos doing a pretty neat trick.

 

 

It all started when I realeased that if you stuck a locater (mk 3 with the high pitched bleep, not that thud like the mk1) near a rabbit hole, curiosity would normaly attract the ferret towards that opening.

 

Combine this with a bit of ferretone each time you use the locater, and you've got yourself a winner.

 

As said, I've now got two ferrets who will very happily run straight towards the sound of the locater, once you shove it down a hole (even if there full, which is the wonder of ferretone). This is very useful if you have to get the ferrets out in a hurry. (Because, say, you start to worry about a bolt hole out-of-reach they might go out of, or it starts raining/getting dark)

 

Anyone else heard of this, or is doing anything simular?

[ferreting 22 22]

my hob does the same thing i never trained it he just started to do it so i encourage it brill in it

[Jamie93 57]

Nice one, might have to try that.

Happy Hunting Jamie93

[bandit man 9]

ha ha mine have done this a couple of times i just put it down to them being nosey,best not let deben know they'll put the price up again,selling em as ferret charmers

[dpb82uk 138]

souneds good my hob was down a hole for 2 and a half hour yesterday i need to get a locator thinking of swoping my hw80k for 1

[The one 8,397]

But why would you want them to come out and leave a rabbit if you could dig it out ??

[noddy6560 0]

Pet ferret owners frequently teach there ferrets to 'Squeak n Treat' using a squeaky toy and ferretone

[Kay 3,709]

But why would you want them to come out and leave a rabbit if you could dig it out ??

 

Just what i was thinking as well

[The one 8,397]

Surly the whole point of using your locator is to get the rabbit and your ferret out after its killed the rabbit why do pest control if all your wanting is the ferret out the rabbit could still be alive and surface with a bald patch a hour after your away im sure the landowner would love that on most of my permission

[Marksman 934]

MIne are trained to the sound of the shed keys.....

 

they hear them rattling and think they are gonna get fed so come running if they are stubborn to come out of a hole

 

Darryl

[ferreterni 29]

My old poley jill (rip) would always appear at the nearset hole if the mk1 was knocking, just nosey. But she was steady enough that she came up, and if she had killed would go back to the rabbit again.

[Lerk 0]

MIne are trained to the sound of the shed keys.....

 

they hear them rattling and think they are gonna get fed so come running if they are stubborn to come out of a hole

 

Darryl

 

Exactly the same with mine, I always make sure I squeak to them as I go up to the hutch for feeding time, easier than taking the food bowls to rattle in the middle of a farmers field!

[Brimmer 220]

Surly the whole point of using your locator is to get the rabbit and your ferret out after its killed the rabbit why do pest control if all your wanting is the ferret out the rabbit could still be alive and surface with a bald patch a hour after your away im sure the landowner would love that on most of my permission

Its taken me a while mate, but i've come to the conclusion that there is two types of ferreters.

[stealthy1 3,964]

Those with hamocks, and those without

[Marksman 934]

Those with hamocks, and those without

 

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