Collars

[Flacko 1,756]

Went today with a man I know he's struggling to put collars on his ferrets, basically they turn on him to bite as soon as he tries to put one on, they handle well otherwise hand in box or penn no aggression but soon as he tries to collar them up bang they latch on, any suggestions atb Flacko

[darbo 4,779]

ive had the odd feisty one when young struggle a bit when collaring up. A bit of goats milk in a small dish when they start lapping away on goes the collar nice and easy.Soon accept it as nothing.

[The one 8,595]

They normally click pretty quick that getting a collar on means getting out to work so are no problem but get the collar set up so all you got to do is slip it over there head and tighten it up

[Flacko 1,756]

Mate I thought the ferret had a bad experience with a collar but he had the same prob with his other one they proper switched, other than that both was well behaved, any way I had mine collared up so I got the majority of the work lol atb Flacko

[The one 8,595]

Hes no scared of them ? and no holding them tightly when hes putting on the collars i like my son to put the collars on the ferrets and let them run about the garage while im loading the car then when we get to the permission i know there not going to slip there collars theres nothing pisses me off more than a dig just to retrieve a collar

[Flacko 1,756]

You could be right mate seems strange they handle well enough.atb Flacko

[Guest vin]

firm but fair and like said they soon learn that collars mean work...I often get young uns that play the wriggle and bite technique to get out of having the choke hold from a collar..when they don't get the message after a few attempts I just scruff them like there mother would with the lose skin around their neck and put the collar on whilst its dangling motionless..If you let them win and get away with it your only building up negative behavior...best bit is when you put them back down after collaring up and they start doing the choked squirm on the floor dragging their neck on the ground trying to remove the collar. . . all fun and games..

[Jax13 251]

Easiest way I've found is to take a tube of the malt paste in your bag and when ferret comes out of the box, just squeeze a bit onto the top of your box and the little buggers will sit there for a couple of minutes licking the paste while you collar it up.

 

One of my Jill's necks is wider than her head so I run her on a harness (after digging to a slipped collar 3 times on the trot) and it really helps having the paste down for that as there are 2 straps to fasten.

 

Using the paste keeps them dead still and because it's a treat they don't care about the collar going on them.

[Daniel cain 49,668]

Always use some paste and let them wear the collars in the ferret court months before I take them out.atb dc

[terryd 8,970]

yes paste or a bit of fish oil just to start and pop on and off a bit preseason and it all comes good then. Mine have bells on too so I let them have a mess about in the yard when they are young just to learn the collars won't come off then you don't get any messing about in the field. That seems to work