Cuttting the tips of K-9's off

[canis lupus 1]

Over the years I seen many ferrets with the tipps of there canines cut off (all rescues), I guessing this is don't to stop the ferret latching onto a rabbit down the bury. Anyway our new ferret had the tipps of his cut off and me and my boyfriend where descussing it and wondered weather my thought was correct.

 

S does anyone know why it is done?

[CarraghsGem 92]

Over the years I seen many ferrets with the tipps of there canines cut off (all rescues), I guessing this is don't to stop the ferret latching onto a rabbit down the bury. Anyway our new ferret had the tipps of his cut off and me and my boyfriend where descussing it and wondered weather my thought was correct.

 

S does anyone know why it is done?

 

you've cracked it. pointless though as well as cruel, i bought a ferret kit once at a fair, only when i got it home i realised her teeth were nipped. she failed as a worker, gave her to a rescue, i wondered after if she didnt hunt due to pain from teeth being nipped?

[kevin from bristol 95]

Over the years I seen many ferrets with the tipps of there canines cut off (all rescues), I guessing this is don't to stop the ferret latching onto a rabbit down the bury. Anyway our new ferret had the tipps of his cut off and me and my boyfriend where descussing it and wondered weather my thought was correct.

 

S does anyone know why it is done?

 

you've cracked it. pointless though as well as cruel, i bought a ferret kit once at a fair, only when i got it home i realised her teeth were nipped. she failed as a worker, gave her to a rescue, i wondered after if she didnt hunt due to pain from teeth being nipped?

its a good idea to check animals over when you buy them

[akton 15]

dont see the point of it, besides being unnessesary and causing distress

Is this another act by the so called RSPCA.

isnt it supposed to be prevention of cruelty to animals

Edited February 27, 2011 by akton

[kevin from bristol 95]

i know a few that do this but for me i think if they come up against a rat or mink at least they can defend them selves some people even take there claws off so they cant scratch just crazy

[CarraghsGem 92]

Over the years I seen many ferrets with the tipps of there canines cut off (all rescues), I guessing this is don't to stop the ferret latching onto a rabbit down the bury. Anyway our new ferret had the tipps of his cut off and me and my boyfriend where descussing it and wondered weather my thought was correct.

 

S does anyone know why it is done?

 

you've cracked it. pointless though as well as cruel, i bought a ferret kit once at a fair, only when i got it home i realised her teeth were nipped. she failed as a worker, gave her to a rescue, i wondered after if she didnt hunt due to pain from teeth being nipped?

its a good idea to check animals over when you buy them

 

i did check it over it was in perfect health otherwise, docile little kit easy handled, didnt think to check the teeth in a ferret kit for some reason, i always check a dog or pup and other livestock

[Ferret mad Dave 65]

I have never herd or seen this but am now going to check any new ones I get 

Edited February 27, 2011 by Ferret mad Dave

[Ideation 8,217]

The old wives tale was that with snapped teeth they couldnt kill in. Same sort of folk who believe that not feeding them makes them work better and that handling them makes them soft. It also doesnt work in any way, my mate has a big old hob with well snapped canines and he kills right. left and centre. The only thing it achieves is to make it more miserable and irritable, as often they get tooth decay and infection.

[Rake aboot 4,936]

This went out with the dark ages.

 

Never seen it at all, never seen or heard of a recue centre doing it. Never met anyone who said they had seen it.

[longnetter 32]

I don't believe even the ArsePCA would do this. Probably some dickhead some where who thinks it will stop the ferret killing down.

Of course the other point is that it's against the law

[ferretracer 24]

Used to been done years ago, by a few especially in the west country remember my grandad telling me a few few years ago when i got my first one,s, there,s no need for it. there used to be few other methods as well to stop them killing down the hole as well like stiching there mouths closed and putting rings over the mouth to act as a muzzle. admittly this was 50-60 years ago when my grandad was a lad

Edited February 27, 2011 by ferretracer

[canis lupus 1]

Thanks guys

 

Its what I thought then, I don't realy see how it could stop them killing, I mean they still have teeth just short ones.

 

Thought I better say the rescues I have seen like this came into the rescue with there teeth like it, my little lad was a stray.

[The one 8,592]

A cruel pointless exercise what happens if it bumps into something other than rabbits in a burrow ??.

[tjones3862 3,423]

iv'e got a black eye white jill here and her teeth have been cut, a mate of mine got it for me when i rang and told him he said he's going to have a big word with the lad he got her off

[theferreter 311]

its the hight of madness cutting a ferrets teeth any body who does it are :wankerzo4: