3 new ferrets

[Guss33 375]

Got three new ferrets young 4 months old all 3 of them are bucks as I prefer to use cut bucks and get them cut that way I can use them all year around. Two of them I got of a mate of mine and the other one is the son of my doe.  I will wait until they are 6 months old before I take them out. Is this a good age or should I wait until they are a bit older. I will run them with one of my other ferrets who is around 3 years old and a good hunter. As you can see they have a play ground that I built with my kids. The kids love it and so do the ferrets. 

[gaza 504]

Good setup mate

[socks 32,253]

Just a point of order the males are called hobs and the females are called jills .... bucks and does refer to rabbits. 

[Aussie Whip 3,826]

3 hours ago, Guss33 said:

Is this a good age or should I wait until they are a bit older.

I've always started mine at around 5 months . I don't use them with older ferrets, just let them take their time, but everyone has different methods.

[Luckee legs 422]

Love that pipe setup. 6 months is fine to start. Even if they don't see much action I always enter mine during their first winter. Worth taking an experienced ferret along to show them the way. However once I am confident they are comfortable working holes I let them develop their own style.