How Old Should A Ferret Be To Start Working On Small Warrens Ect.

[Aaron Randall 0]

i have just got some new ferrets and havent had them for years and have forgotn how old they should be to start working small holes to train them up? much appreciated replies

[fatasafool 216]

Don't be asking whiskey lol

[GreyRake 108]

I give them a short day out at seven months then wait until eight months and do a bit more. Then hit it as hard as I want nine months and on.

[Stretch177 39]

Everybody is different mate, most will say 6 months, but i like to let them be kits, so mine tend to miss a season then i start them the season after, unless i have a big sett that needs a decent amount of ferrets. Obviously if you just have young ferrets i would say 6/7 months should be ok. The most important thing is too take your time and be patient, don't expect them too be bolting rabbits straight away. All the best mate

Edited July 3, 2013 by Stretch177

[The one 8,578]

Get them out in pipes in the garden with collars on ,then the first time at a burrows no so much a shock for them and they wont spend half the time sniffing and scratching at the mouth of a burrow .Then its up to you if you put them down themselves or with a older ferret

[foxtails 272]

yep train them with the pipes ect, and crawl through different objects, then take them out with the older ferrets 5-6 months on and let them have do a little set, maybe with a trusted ferret, then see how they get on after a few trips out, by the 8-9 month mark depending on how much your taking them out they should of come on quite well different people do it different ways, but thats how iv done it, atb foxtails

[gnipper 6,755]

When they stop acting like kits.

[Hot Meat 3,109]

where abouts in north yorkshire are you aaron?? im up that way a fair bit an have mates in that area, if you aint too far im sure you could get a day out to get your ferrets going when sept comes