ferret bit

[kx100 66]

out ferreting with 2 rescued sandy jills and put the ferrets down the holes then we saw the ferret comeing out back words getting draggd backdown so we went over and it lookd asif the ferret had been stung bit she turid round and ther was blood all over her so we picks her up took her back to the truck and cleand her down with hand gel stuff then gave her some rabbit liver then went off ferreting agane and when we got home we washd her downn with salty water and its 2 wee bites but its swollen up what should we do??

[kevin from bristol 95]

what did the bite look like was it one straight cut or two holes and were you fairly near to a river or lake also were in the country were you if you give me this info i may be able to get an idea of what has biten it and go from there

[kx100 66]

we were about 200 yards from a phesant realese pen and 10 yards from duck flight pond and the but was quite muddy it was 2 holes in the neck and im in the east cost of scotland

[kevin from bristol 95]

Ok my moneys on mink or a stoat then probably down there on a kill and got disturbed as ferrets carry lots of antibodies it should be able to deal with it and swelling should go down after a few days is the skin around the bite a funny colour ?

[judge2010 196]

get spades out and get some terriers mate.

[kevin from bristol 95]

judging by the bite its got insisors which tells me its a predator of some kind and the fact its on the neck ,also with the water source you got a maybe on mink ,stoat or if you have them in the area polecat/pinemartin if it had been one straight cut this would indicate a rat bite that can be deadly to ferrets as they carry leptospirosis but this isn't the case .i'm no expert thats just my opinion if the swelling gets worse take it to vet try to salt wash it and maybe squeeze it to get puss out .

if the colour of the skin get really weird it may have been a snake but i'd say if that was the case it would be dead by now hope this helps and that i haven't confused you too much keep me posted as to its condition

[kx100 66]

Well I just checks her over and she's more lively as erlier she was in a bad was also the gamekeeper a was out with bought a mink and 5 young in a cage trap erlier in the season also Thera a lot of wesiels in that area

[kevin from bristol 95]

Yea as i thought then it should be fine then mate if it happens again dig it out and get the terriers in like the man says or there won't be many rabbits about for you to catch better luck nextime and happy hunting

[kx100 66]

We never had any dogs with us today I might ask the keeper if I can take the terrier all the time with as when

we go ferreting down ther also about 5mins later a

big rat bolter even though ther were no ferrets in but my bro shot it with the 410

[kevin from bristol 95]

fairplay