Now the hot weather is here ...

[drw81 1]

why would you want the ferrets in the bottle are you crazy??????

[comanche 3,283]

why would you want the ferrets in the bottle are you crazy??????

 

It serves a double purpose. Originally, before the advent of refrigerators,country folk in tied accomadation would keep their ferrets cool and free of what was known as "the sweats" in hot weather by placing them in earthenwear jugs in the Estate's ice -house.

 

With the advent of refrigeration and freezer technology some clever person ( Plummer's name has been suggested but the smart money is on a certain Captain Birdseye )took this method of keeping ferrets cool in summer a step further by actually forcing them into bottles and placing these in the freezer between the end of March and September .The animals are then slowly defrosted in time for the winter rabbiting season .

 

There is some minimal expenditure on electricity to run the refrigerator but this is more than offset by the fact that the owner has no need to clean fly-ridden cages or feed his ferrets during the summer.There is no question of struggling to find holiday care for the livestock and it obviously neatly side-steps the expense of of jill-jabs and raising unwanted litters .

 

So, drw81... not so crazy after all .

Edited April 12, 2011 by comanche

[pigeonphill 69]

why would you want the ferrets in the bottle are you crazy??????

have you gone mad it says fill bottles with water and freeze it then put it in with there bedding, i feel sorry for your ferrets to have a numpty of a keeper.

dear drw81, as you have not kept ferrets as long as some of us on this site, some as long as a couple of minutes and have kept up to several hundred ferrets due to the thawing out of the ferrets some just dont dry to the high standard we are use to, i will forgive your personal pm just this once please keep taking the happy pills and sense of humour ones as they really do work all the best and happy ferret freezing phil

Edited April 12, 2011 by pigeonphill

[comanche 3,283]

After a few seasons the more experienced ferrets actually seem to relish their arctic summer and willingly enter the bottles without the aid of tubes or force of any kind.

 

It does pay to mark any bottles containing the ferrets to avoid confusion .

A mate -who shall remain nameless-set-off rather hurriedly for some early season ferreting only to discover himself pouring a pint of perfectly good Newcastle Brown down the burrow whilst his best jill lay in suspended animation between a leg of lamb and a box of Lidl own-brand choc ices .

Edited April 12, 2011 by comanche

[Ideation 8,217]

why would you want the ferrets in the bottle are you crazy??????

have you gone mad it says fill bottles with water and freeze it then put it in with there bedding, i feel sorry for your ferrets to have a numpty of a keeper.

dear drw81, as you have not kept ferrets as long as some of us on this site, some as long as a couple of minutes and have kept up to several hundred ferrets due to the thawing out of the ferrets some just dont dry to the high standard we are use to, i will forgive your personal pm just this once please keep taking the happy pills and sense of humour ones as they really do work all the best and happy ferret freezing phil

 

 

I think he might be mildly retarded -

 

"my ferrets never stays down to ground even if they killed young. dry food is the key it takes along time but they adjust. i have never had to dig them out making a mess of the land.i give them rabbit every now and again but boil them first to make sure all the blood as run clear, if they are blood thursty then you will end up with problems all the time. its the same with dogs if they are blood thursty you will not stock break them,they will kill anything on site"

 

[Malt 379]

After a few seasons the more experienced ferrets actually seem to relish their arctic summer and willingly enter the bottles without the aid of tubes or force of any kind.

 

It does pay to mark any bottles containing the ferrets to avoid confusion .

A mate -who shall remain nameless-set-off rather hurriedly for some early season ferreting only to discover himself pouring a pint of perfectly good Newcastle Brown down the burrow whilst his best jill lay in suspended animation between a leg of lamb and a box of Lidl own-brand choc ices .

 

..and there we have a fantastic, classic example of summertime ferret bottling! It's good to see that some of the better traditional methods of ferret keeping are being kept alive!

[comanche 3,283]

why would you want the ferrets in the bottle are you crazy??????

have you gone mad it says fill bottles with water and freeze it then put it in with there bedding, i feel sorry for your ferrets to have a numpty of a keeper.

dear drw81, as you have not kept ferrets as long as some of us on this site, some as long as a couple of minutes and have kept up to several hundred ferrets due to the thawing out of the ferrets some just dont dry to the high standard we are use to, i will forgive your personal pm just this once please keep taking the happy pills and sense of humour ones as they really do work all the best and happy ferret freezing phil

 

 

I think he might be mildly retarded -

 

"my ferrets never stays down to ground even if they killed young. dry food is the key it takes along time but they adjust. i have never had to dig them out making a mess of the land.i give them rabbit every now and again but boil them first to make sure all the blood as run clear, if they are blood thursty then you will end up with problems all the time. its the same with dogs if they are blood thursty you will not stock break them,they will kill anything on site"

 

There are some seriously misleading points being made here that could lead to expensive mistakes or worse . I certainly would not attempt to use Dry Food as a key . It would probably just block the mechanism and do you know just how much it costs for an emergency call-out to a locksmith ?.

It concerns me a little to think that in this day and age people are still boiling their ferrets before feeding them rabbit to stop them becoming blood thursty . Its an old wive's tale like belief in a female or**sm or a flat earth . Ok ,the flat earth thing might be true .

[Ideation 8,217]

why would you want the ferrets in the bottle are you crazy??????

have you gone mad it says fill bottles with water and freeze it then put it in with there bedding, i feel sorry for your ferrets to have a numpty of a keeper.

dear drw81, as you have not kept ferrets as long as some of us on this site, some as long as a couple of minutes and have kept up to several hundred ferrets due to the thawing out of the ferrets some just dont dry to the high standard we are use to, i will forgive your personal pm just this once please keep taking the happy pills and sense of humour ones as they really do work all the best and happy ferret freezing phil

 

 

I think he might be mildly retarded -

 

"my ferrets never stays down to ground even if they killed young. dry food is the key it takes along time but they adjust. i have never had to dig them out making a mess of the land.i give them rabbit every now and again but boil them first to make sure all the blood as run clear, if they are blood thursty then you will end up with problems all the time. its the same with dogs if they are blood thursty you will not stock break them,they will kill anything on site"

 

There are some seriously misleading points being made here that could lead to expensive mistakes or worse . I certainly would not attempt to use Dry Food as a key . It would probably just block the mechanism and do you know just how much it costs for an emergency call-out to a locksmith ?.

It concerns me a little to think that in this day and age people are still boiling their ferrets before feeding them rabbit to stop them becoming blood thursty . Its an old wive's tale like belief in a female or**sm or a flat earth . Ok ,the flat earth thing might be true .

 

 

I know mate, shocking, i'm going to have to stop feeding my dogs meat mind, got some builders coming over the weekend and wouldn't want any accidents 'on site'.

Edited April 12, 2011 by Ideation

[comanche 3,283]

why would you want the ferrets in the bottle are you crazy??????

have you gone mad it says fill bottles with water and freeze it then put it in with there bedding, i feel sorry for your ferrets to have a numpty of a keeper.

dear drw81, as you have not kept ferrets as long as some of us on this site, some as long as a couple of minutes and have kept up to several hundred ferrets due to the thawing out of the ferrets some just dont dry to the high standard we are use to, i will forgive your personal pm just this once please keep taking the happy pills and sense of humour ones as they really do work all the best and happy ferret freezing phil

 

 

I think he might be mildly retarded -

 

"my ferrets never stays down to ground even if they killed young. dry food is the key it takes along time but they adjust. i have never had to dig them out making a mess of the land.i give them rabbit every now and again but boil them first to make sure all the blood as run clear, if they are blood thursty then you will end up with problems all the time. its the same with dogs if they are blood thursty you will not stock break them,they will kill anything on site"

 

There are some seriously misleading points being made here that could lead to expensive mistakes or worse . I certainly would not attempt to use Dry Food as a key . It would probably just block the mechanism and do you know just how much it costs for an emergency call-out to a locksmith ?.

It concerns me a little to think that in this day and age people are still boiling their ferrets before feeding them rabbit to stop them becoming blood thursty . Its an old wive's tale like belief in a female or**sm or a flat earth . Ok ,the flat earth thing might be true .

 

 

I know mate, shocking, i'm going to have to stop feeding my dogs meat mind, got some builders coming over the weekend and wouldn't want any accidents 'on site'.

I think we all know that not feeding meat of any kind and breaking both dogs and ferrets to Hi Viz vests and other PPE at a young age is vital. There are a minority of course that ignore this wisdom . Hence the tragic case of the team of scaffolders savaged to death by an escaped pet jill. The Coroner could'nt decide whether it was the sight of the hard hats or the smell of Pepperami from a lunch-box that that sent the beast into a frenzy .

[pigeonphill 69]

After a few seasons the more experienced ferrets actually seem to relish their arctic summer and willingly enter the bottles without the aid of tubes or force of any kind.

 

It does pay to mark any bottles containing the ferrets to avoid confusion .

A mate -who shall remain nameless-set-off rather hurriedly for some early season ferreting only to discover himself pouring a pint of perfectly good Newcastle Brown down the burrow whilst his best jill lay in suspended animation between a leg of lamb and a box of Lidl own-brand choc ices .

i too had the same problems on dark winter mornings only to turn up to new ground and find i had brought along a leg of lamb to ferret with so i came up with the only sensible thing and only ever pop a ferret into its own bottle now . the pint of ferret pee is just to show how much you save clearing up while there in the bottle

[watchman 256]

After a few seasons the more experienced ferrets actually seem to relish their arctic summer and willingly enter the bottles without the aid of tubes or force of any kind.

 

It does pay to mark any bottles containing the ferrets to avoid confusion .

A mate -who shall remain nameless-set-off rather hurriedly for some early season ferreting only to discover himself pouring a pint of perfectly good Newcastle Brown down the burrow whilst his best jill lay in suspended animation between a leg of lamb and a box of Lidl own-brand choc ices .

 

very good

[drw81 1]

never had problems with dry food,and a boiled rabbit every now and then. keeps the flys at bay and also a clean enviroment,yes they kill down but seem to leave it, ive never had used a spade plus i only use my smallest gills which they find it hard to keep hold, which results in more in the net!! i have only kept ferrets for just over 3 years and it works for me. freezing ferrets is something i have not heard of!!but hey what ever tickles your fancy pal.