Modern ferret house/run

[jacob 28]

i haven't kept ferrets for a long time but now I've got spare time I'm looking at getting back to it,I know there's lots of new ideas on the keeping situation now,id just like some idea of how your all doing it now for ease of cleaning ,runs ,thanks...some pics would be good tar.

[gnipper 5,964]

Mine is just a basic hutch design but the roof and floors inside are fibreglass so could hose it out if needed. They have a wheel I made in there too.

[gnipper 5,964]

[jacob 28]

Nice work ,good little ferret treadmill

[Daniel cain 42,890]

mine are in an old 3.5m x 2 m dogrun,used 14 mm marine ply at the front of the mesh,stop them getting out,the door into it,is split,so you step over into it, plenty of places for them to sleep,lay about and not overheat....also important  theres no draughts or driving rain can get in

[jacob 28]

thats useful tar,I've got loads of old galv fencing im not using

[Neal 1,787]

I've not kept ferrets for about eleven years now, but, of the various types of accommodation I gave them, the best was always a shed with a mesh door. On my second incarnation of this I put a baffle in front of the door but the little buggers worked out exactly which rocks, logs etc to climb on so that they could take a flying leap just as I opened the door! No matter how I moved the interior decor around they'd work out a new plan for escape within a few days.

Edited to add: the mesh panels were simply aviary panels with a door which opened from a foot or so from ground level.

Edited March 17 by Neal
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[Skipp 0]

On 15/03/2024 at 22:09, gnipper said:

Love that treadmill mate! I’m crap with this sort of thing, how did you make it? I reckon my two would love something like this 

[gnipper 5,964]

1 hour ago, Skipp said:

Love that treadmill mate! I’m crap with this sort of thing, how did you make it? I reckon my two would love something like this 

It's just the middle section cut out of a barrel. They can be found free dotted around the countryside usually with three legs bolted on and get topped up with grain now and again usually by a miserable old bellend

[paulus 26]

23 minutes ago, gnipper said:

It's just the middle section cut out of a barrel. They can be found free dotted around the countryside usually with three legs bolted on and get topped up with grain now and again usually by a miserable old bellend

You forgot the wobbly spring poking out of the bottom Lol

[breeze 1,220]

Gnipper... What did you use on the roof ? 

Looks tidy mate 

[Daniel cain 42,890]

Looks like Fibreglass?

[The one 8,397]

I made my hutch out of 8 foot sheets of ply painted them till they would soak in any more paint think it was after 8 coats , made it 8 foot by 4 four foot the jills got the bottom section  two section on top for hobs only problems is its too deep i need a garden hoe to reach the back of it my arms are too small  

[gnipper 5,964]

21 hours ago, breeze said:

Gnipper... What did you use on the roof ? 

Looks tidy mate 

It's fibreglass Breeze. I did the floors inside with it too so can swill it out.

Edited March 20 by gnipper

[gaza 504]

Looks good gnipper I did the same but smaller hutch and only the floor. Makes it load easier to clean doesn’t absorb any smell/damp in timber.