Price of a Ferret

[BenjaminCadd 109]

Normaly i would pay around £5 a Ferret or normaly get them free in return for some ferret food or a favour, but i went to a cattle market this tuesday and they had about 10 ferrets for sale so i fought i would get a new Hob to bring in some fresh blood, but they were bidding up to £15-20 and its the same elsewhere on notice boards etc, am i being tight or has anyone else noticed people want more for ferrets now they are seen as cute little pets?

Many Thanks.

[BrianSteven72 369]

in the winter when there are no kits about the price always goes up seen it up to £30-£40 each but in the summer you can usualy get them for free if you look about

[The one 8,585]

If your organised and bring in fresh kitts in the summer there often free or for a token price .but at this time of the year the price seems to take off . But i wouldn't be buying a older ferret now as i think you would just be buying some body else's problems

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Never sold a ferret in me life, always free,

 

These auctions seem to reach mental prices,, butt then how many ferreters do you know that buy from a livestock auction ?? I don`t know any, so who`s buying them ?

 

ATB

[The one 8,585]

Is there any auctions up here anyways Rake ?.

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Yeh, theres one in Lanark every now and again One.

 

Theres a few all over the place really but on a smallish scale, but Lanark is the biggest one local to us,

[The one 8,585]

Is a hour and a half to two hours Local ??.

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Acht ! aye,, jist doon the road min !

[Malt 379]

Most I've ever paid for a ferret kit was £7 at the Welsh game fair a few years back. Other than that I've paid a share of £10 for three jill kits, the rest have been free. When I bred a litter a few years back, I never asked for money for any of them & only took the odd fiver when it was insisted.

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Most I've ever charged is a £5.

[poacher3161 1,766]

Its these silly fekin prices thats probably the reason why so meny are getting stolen.

[Country Joe 1,411]

Lowther game fair was great place to buy a ferret and bring in new blood, i used to take a litter of kits sell them in the Ferret tent, and then buy a replacement, they used to have all colours, and every one I bought worked, dont know if they still do it, as i think Lowther was on last year, anybody that was there, can you still buy and sell Ferrets?

[Jamie m 668]

I don't understand why you would buy in an unseen or tested Hob ???? U could end up just poluting your workers with tat ,

[fieldsportsman 107]

i bought my kits £15 each

[Country Joe 1,411]

I don't understand why you would buy in an unseen or tested Hob ???? U could end up just poluting your workers with tat ,

 

I went every year and you soon got to know the lads, you could have a good craic, like I said, maybe i was lucky, but any fert i bought at Lowther worked well enough for me.