lost ferret, dont know how!?

[blando 0]

Was out ferreting the other day, we netted up in a burrow next to an old fallen down tree root, we put 4 ferrets down al collard up as it was quite a big berry. We had 4 in the nets, lost 2 from un netted holes that the dog missed. Then put 2 ferrets back in the box as nothing else seemed to be happening. One of the other 2 laid up so we dug to it and got it back with a rabbit. But the other ferret the small jill could not be located anywhere we were there for hours looking for her looked al around the surrounding area even went to the burrow the bolters had ran too to see if she mite have rode a rabbit. I don’t understand what mite have happened the only thing I can think of is she went to deep and got stuck or got into a wet bit that knackered the collar. We keped putting the other ferrets down to see if they could find it but no luck just another dig. Anyone had this happen to them?

[beagles 0]

are you sure it aint come out and wonder off when u was digging ?? try walking around the hedges with the box

[blando 0]

did that for about 2 hours and al the land around was short grass and open land with no other burrows that close.

[beagles 0]

have u tryed leaving the ferret box by the warren like many lads on here in the past have and gone there after and the ferrets asleep in the box

[blando 0]

no have left a live trap with straw and meat in it, its on a footpath the box will just get nicked

[beagles 0]

wel u are just guna have 2 wait and hope u find her

[Ray Mears 272]

was the collars on tight she could have slipped it i hope not

[blando 0]

even if she did, i would still get a signal on the collar, there was nothing

[Ray Mears 272]

if it was a big burow like you say she could have killed deeper then what the ferret locator goes(16 ft if you got mk3) or you could of had the batterys the wrong way round in the collar

[micky 3,325]

if it was a big burow like you say she could have killed deeper then what the ferret locator goes(16 ft if you got mk3) or you could of had the batterys the wrong way round in the collar

they sometimes get into land drains and wander off .micky

[blando 0]

if it was a big burow like you say she could have killed deeper then what the ferret locator goes(16 ft if you got mk3) or you could of had the batterys the wrong way round in the collar

 

 

im not that silly i check if the collar is working befoure i enter the ferret. i think mickys explination is more pleasible

[Guest ferreting king]

i hope that you find your ferret, it might have come out of the warren when digging, the only thing that i can think of is look closely around the warren and surrounding areas for ferret shit and that might find you your ferret

[Guest Bigbob]

Where do you start ,Did you block in all the holes apart from the one you left the trap in ?? or you could have dug a half barrel hole at the hole you left open with some rabbit guts in it .Did you try the area with a lamp at night if the ferrets out you might get it this way .But dont give up i lost one for a week but i was checking the burrow daily but like yours there was no reading off the collar and i reckon she had to eat her way through a rabbit .