Can anyone help

[Kay 3,709]

I would like to find out what it was like to keep ferrets a hundred yrs ago, what was fed, did keepers also keep hobs , what the average life expectency was of a ferret in those days, that sort of stuff, so if any one nows of a book i could get hold off, a sort of diary if you like or a link to a site ,like an old gamekeepers or poachers diary that would be great.

 

I have had a look on the net but cant really find much, i would like to see how they were kept compared to todays modern ferrets

 

Thanks very much

[pointer28 1]

Read country books do lots of reprints of old fieldsport books so they might ne worth looking up.

[Kay 3,709]

Read country books do lots of reprints of old fieldsport books so they might ne worth looking up.

 

I have just found a book called ''confessions of a poacher'' its available through Amazon but i will keep looking , thanks very much for the advice

 

i have just ordered a book called ferrets & ferreting from Reads , its only a fiver & no p&p so i cant wait for it to arrive, so thanks very much for the reads info , i have added it to my favourites

Edited January 6, 2007 by ferretlove

[Crow 1]

Try to get hold of the following books:

 

Ferrets by N. Everitt. Published by Adam & Charles Black 1897 (I think Read books have re-issued)

Ferrets & Their Management by C.J. Davies. Published by Vinton & Co. Ltd c1905

Ferrets & Ferreting by C.J. Davies. Published by Burlington Publishing Co. c1910

 

If there is anything in particular you want to know then drop me a PM and I'll have a flick through my copies - but please bear in mind I don't want to retype the whole book for you!!