strange ferret

[kevin from bristol 95]

About early last month i was clearing rabbits for one of my regulars and the strangest thing happend ,i was expecting young rabbits but as its a pest control contract i went ahead ,anyway i put my best gill to ground nets ready and waited and waited then up she pops with this tiny baby rabbit and droped it next to my hand unharmed and shot back down ,i thought to myself this is strange shes come across babys loads of times on these sorts of jobs and dispatched them instantly but never done this before , then here she is again with another one totaly unharmed she put it next to the other one i couldn't belive it . so one by one she brought four up in total unharmed . i was abit taken back by her actions and decide to get some dry grass wrap them up and put them as far back down the hole as possible knowing mum would find them . now i'm not the type to do this type of thing but i figured on this ocasion id let it slip this for me was also strange . i'd like to hear if this has ever happend to anyone else ,she come into season acouple o days later that may have had something to do with it . well let me know your strange ferreting events please and thanks for reading this

 

 

[Kay 3,709]

About early last month i was clearing rabbits for one of my regulars and the strangest thing happend ,i was expecting young rabbits but as its a pest control contract i went ahead ,anyway i put my best gill to ground nets ready and waited and waited then up she pops with this tiny baby rabbit and droped it next to my hand unharmed and shot back down ,i thought to myself this is strange shes come across babys loads of times on these sorts of jobs and dispatched them instantly but never done this before , then here she is again with another one totaly unharmed she put it next to the other one i couldn't belive it . so one by one she brought four up in total unharmed . i was abit taken back by her actions and decide to get some dry grass wrap them up and put them as far back down the hole as possible knowing mum would find them . now i'm not the type to do this type of thing but i figured on this ocasion id let it slip this for me was also strange . i'd like to hear if this has ever happend to anyone else ,she come into season acouple o days later that may have had something to do with it . well let me know your strange ferreting events please and thanks for reading this

 

Sounds like maternal behaviour to me ...

[NewBarnFerrets 3]

Never experienced anything like this

 

We hunters do have a compassionate side!

 

Just think if you had taken the four little one's back home she may have raised them as her own........or for supper!!

[The one 8,585]

Strange behaviour wonder why she didn't nail them ?

[FightTheBan 1,147]

Strange behaviour wonder why she didn't nail them ?

 

 

Im wondering why he didnt nail them if its a pest controll contract.

Baby rabbits grow into big rabbits.

FTB

[kevin from bristol 95]

I realise babys grow into big rabbits, i did change to my other gill and carry on with great effect leaving only the one bury but i,m sure i'll end up with them in my nets next time like i said it was a weird old morning i spose you had to be there i took 12 in all and she must of dispatched (judging by the screams ) alot of young ,i back filled all enterences to every bury but left the one open i'll see what happens next time

[theferreter 311]

thats a strange one mate

[max abell 196]

Thats very odd never heard of that one befour mate

[The one 8,585]

FightTheBan' date='23 April 2010 - 12:14 PM' timestamp='1272021259' The one' date='23 April 2010 - 09:58 AM' timestamp='1272013102' post='1534322']

Strange behaviour wonder why she didn't nail them ?

 

 

 

Im wondering why he didnt nail them if its a pest controll contract.

Baby rabbits grow into big rabbits.

FTB

 

Aye i got 8 on wednesday and 21 on thursday but pest control or not thats the ferreting finished till august

[Bombastic1 0]

It must be a maternal thing as ive had that twice this year also with two different Ferrets I was amazed when it happened to.

[kevin from bristol 95]

right so i'm not alone on this one thats good to know i've had ferrets since i was a boy and it never happend before to be honest shes now acting strange at home i think her head may be gone with the wind i'll wait till she's out of season and see if its that i hope so i've had her years and don't won't her to have to go for a long walk in the bottom field if you know what i mean

[fitchet 788]

never heard of that before you probabley killed the mother anyway mate. strangest thing thats happened to me when ferreting is when we dug down to one f our hobs and he was on a a dead rabbit ad abit further down the pipe was a kitten took it home and gave it to a friend

[AL BUNDY 45]

seen this happen about 25 yrs ago some were alive and some dead .