Has anyone ever gone ferreting with a pet store bought ferret?

[Bushdodger01 0]

I'm curious. I've never ferreted before, and I'm curious about the sport. So, has anyone ever done it with one from Pet store stock?

[BEARINATOR 2,825]

I've never seen them in pet shops mate, in a few months there will be any amount of working bred kits available cheap or free

[Jamie m 668]

It's fifty fifty mate it will or won't , if your serious about ferreting now summers almost here your best getting kits from tryed and tested stock ; )

[Ferret mad Dave 65]

Our lass fell in love with one from the pet shop so muggings had too buy it for her turned out too be a good little worker but it's 50/50 realy just be careful tho cos most don't feed them right the pet shop I got one from fed wet cat food

Edited April 3, 2012 by Ferret mad Dave

[wi11ow 2,657]

my first ferret came from a pet shop over 30 years ago £15 and it allways bit me but it worked

[dytkos 17,536]

I usually get mine from the Ferret Rescue place.

Young ferts, untried and unworked but they always seem to do the job.

 

Cheers, D.

[The one 8,398]

I got one nice wee albino jill from the R.S.P.C.A. but she would only eat dry grub and wouldn't work

[bobby blackheart 1,209]

go with the tried and tested-dont waste your time on non working stock-too much shit about same as the dog game.atb

[tomano1 80]

I got to jills last year they had been pets worked them last season and they were slow to start of with then after a while the just took to it like a duck to water soon as they get into it they should be ok ATB no1

[rob190364 2,593]

It's nothing like the same as the dog game! Loads of dogs would be pretty useless at working. Most ferrets will work to some degree, I'd say it's a much higher than 50% chance of a pet ferret turning into a half decent worker. As long as you get it fit enough it'll bolt rabbits for you, and the more practice it gets the better it will get.

[oakey 57]

They will all hunt to some point a working ferret from working stock is just better suited to the game the hawk people have a word for it when the bird is just right . I have herd of taking a litter near some holes putting them on the floor to see which go to ground and which dont . They will all do better after a year or two in the field

[reddawn 2,173]

It's nothing like the same as the dog game! Loads of dogs would be pretty useless at working. Most ferrets will work to some degree, I'd say it's a much higher than 50% chance of a pet ferret turning into a half decent worker. As long as you get it fit enough it'll bolt rabbits for you, and the more practice it gets the better it will get.

 

most ferrets will work, if stumbling throo a warren bolting bunnys on scent alone is classed as working, i have had a few ferrets over the years that were crap, even tho they were given every opportunity, like everything, theres crap uns, good uns, an great uns...

Edited April 4, 2012 by reddawn

[ginger dave 63]

Once bought one from Abbot Brothers in Norfolk, they claimed they never handled or worked their ferrets, bought an extra small one and it was the best little jill I ever owned