rob190364 2,593 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Just been out to feed the ferrets and straight away noticed my jill face down in the hutch, I thought she was dead but she moved her head as I opened the hutch. Chucked the food in to get the hob out of the way and took her in the house. Noticed bite marks on the back of her neck.....it looks like the hob has given her a pasting, possibly dispute over a rabbit head I threw in before? Wrapped her up in my jumper and ready for a night on the couch sat up with her until the vets open in the morning..... ......and just looked down now and she's dead, absolutely gutted!!!! Proper pissed off!!! Only had her out the day before yesterday and she did a cracking job. RIP ratty! Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Amazing how attatched you can become to the smelly little gits 1 Quote Link to post
BEARINATOR 2,834 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Shame mate Quote Link to post
gravel 63 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 sorry to hear mate unusual that.Get rid of the hob Quote Link to post
pie-eater 377 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 sorry to hear mate unusual that.Get rid of the hob Why get rid of him? Keep him seperate from other ferrets maybe. Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Had it hear a few weeks back mate gutting I'm thinking of not keeping a job apart from snippey Quote Link to post
blackstaff 488 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Always sorry to hear of a loss to the pack, no matter how big or small. Trouble is these things happen, without watching them 24/7 there's not much can be done. ATB, Blackstaff 1 Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,593 Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 sorry to hear mate unusual that.Get rid of the hob Why get rid of him? Keep him seperate from other ferrets maybe. Thing is they were always fine together but he's a greedy git and is twice the size of her. She was an old ferret so I don't know if it's just the usual ferret rough and tumble and it's taken its toll on her or what? He's only about 7 months old and she's bossed him a bit since I got him a couple of months ago, maybe she tried doing it at the wrong time? who knows? Quote Link to post
leegreen 2,101 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Sorry to hear that bad news mate. Never had a hob do that. Is that usual? Quote Link to post
joe14 98 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Sorry to hear that. This is why all mine are neutered i wont risk it. Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,593 Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Amazing how attatched you can become to the smelly little gits proper gutted about this one pal, she made ferreting so easy cos once she cleared the warren she'd come and find me rather than the other way round It doesn't help that I lost my hob a couple of months ago literally just before the season started so the only one I've got left now is a newbie who I've not had out yet! Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,593 Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Sorry to hear that bad news mate. Never had a hob do that. Is that usual? I don't think so, I've had hobs fighting with each other but I've never had a hob kill a jill before. Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,593 Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Sorry to hear that. This is why all mine are neutered i wont risk it. I neuter mine aswell bud, mainly because I'll never breed them. This one is only young though so I'm waiting til he's about a year old before I get him done. Quote Link to post
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Sorry to hear that mate! Hopefully you'll get sorted with a new one shortly, there'll be someone on here with a spare am sure Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Sorry to hear that Rob.. How old was she mate? Quote Link to post
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