Whole Rabbit

[cymruguy69 5]

Iv'e got 3 ferts and are always fed on turkey and chicken necks with a bit of skin here and there! My Mate got a couple of whole rabbits wich havn't been skinned would it be alright to chuck them in for the ferts or do they need skinning and gutting??

 

Cheers Math

[danielt 1]

I gutt and skin mine. By skinning it lessens the chance of fleas and ticks getting passed on to the ferrets. But some people do the opposite to me, its up to you i suppose. No real harm if you throw them in whole.

[Guest bullterrier]

i some times just put the whole rabbit in but do gut them first mate

[Guest Frank]

Gut it, cut in half, keep other half in fridge and only feed in evening at dusk and then take out in morning, to stop fly infestation.

 

Frank.

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Frank's spot on. Half a rabbit is plenties for three ferrets in 24 hours. And Do paunch it first. They'll eat the heart, liver, lights and kidneys with relish. But they prefer not to eat the stomach and intestines.

 

Skin? That holds the fur and fur is integral to a ferrets own inner workings well being. Leave it on. They'll pick up ectoparasites from the buries anyway. Dealing with those is part of everyday ferret husbandry.

[bullsmilk 2]

Frank's spot on. Half a rabbit is plenties for three ferrets in 24 hours. And Do paunch it first. They'll eat the heart, liver, lights and kidneys with relish. But they prefer not to eat the stomach and intestines.

 

Skin? That holds the fur and fur is integral to a ferrets own inner workings well being. Leave it on. They'll pick up ectoparasites from the buries anyway. Dealing with those is part of everyday ferret husbandry.

all very good advice but i will add freez the rabbits for a while once there gutted this kills all the worms tics fles ect mate

[Kay 3,709]

Mine have them gutted with the jacket on,never had a flea problem doing this

[FERRETBOY 680]

i would just feed whole rabbit but like frank and ditch shitter said joint the rabbit.

 

good hunting

 

rew

Edited June 1, 2007 by REW

[mooster 1]

Don't forget the head mate.One thing though,I've found that ferrets that are not used to a carcasses sometimes need some encouragement so maybe cut open to expose flesh if they are a bit slow on the uptake.

Same with pheasants and road kill.

Next morning check bedding where you will probably find a few rabbit incisor teeth or a pheasants beak!

They love it.

[danielt 1]

Don't forget the head mate.One thing though,I've found that ferrets that are not used to a carcasses sometimes need some encouragement so maybe cut open to expose flesh if they are a bit slow on the uptake.

 

Huh... mine definately didnt need any encouragement, when they had their first carcas they knew streight away what to do.

 

Nearlry ripped it out of my hand

[micky 3,325]

Iv'e got 3 ferts and are always fed on turkey and chicken necks with a bit of skin here and there! My Mate got a couple of whole rabbits wich havn't been skinned would it be alright to chuck them in for the ferts or do they need skinning and gutting??

 

Cheers Math

i have kept ferrets for 50 odd years, i keep em clean ,dry ,well watered , well handled and feed them rabbits ,head guts and scut,thats all they need,

micky

[mooster 1]

CLASS!!!!!!!

[ferreterno1 0]

i gut them and put them in the freezer for a couple of weeks before i use them ive had no problems doing this

[gibby 0]

Ive fed them rabbit thats been frozen for weeks, or still warm from being caught/shot, doesnt make any difference. If you get ticks etc deal with them but Ive only had to deal with one tick and that wasnt from what I fed, it was from a days working the burrows .

I always paunch them though but feed the livers kidneys heart etc as ditch says. Ive fed a couple of 2 weeks old or so rabbits without gutting them at all but usually I get rid of the stomach.

Your ferrets will love you for feeding them rabbit mate!

 

Gibby

Edited June 2, 2007 by gibby

[Guest ARTEMIS]

Don't forget the head mate.One thing though,I've found that ferrets that are not used to a carcasses sometimes need some encouragement so maybe cut open to expose flesh if they are a bit slow on the uptake.

Same with pheasants and road kill.

Next morning check bedding where you will probably find a few rabbit incisor teeth or a pheasants beak!

They love it.

 

Ahh, never thought of giving mine road kill - (got lots to learn! ).......does it matter what kind of road kill?

 

would "squirrel" road kill be okay? Can they eat rats? (just picturing in my mind the kind of road-kill I've seen locally!)