whats best

[duck 0]

wanting to strat up ferreting just a few questions

 

whats the best age to start training them?

 

whats the difference between polecats and silver backs?

 

i've done ferreting before when i was a young has much changed, any info will do lads

 

cheers

 

the DUCK

[Guest bigredbusa]

only thing that has changed over the years is hardly if anyone uses lines anymore , it's all collars and locaters ( which is not the law by the way )

 

time the season starts your ferts will be ready to be entered.

 

colours dont mean shit , but i find the smaller ferts better for my type of ferreting ( which just so happens to be small poleys)

 

this is my opinion and what i do but everyone does thing different but the basis is still the same .

[pritch 335]

wanting to strat up ferreting just a few questions

 

whats the best age to start training them?

 

whats the difference between polecats and silver backs?

 

i've done ferreting before when i was a young has much changed, any info will do lads

 

cheers

 

the DUCK

a silver back is a dominant male gorilla so might find a rabbit hole a bit of a squeeze lol ATB Pritch

PS nothing has changed realy except now you can find your ferret easier with a locator the rest is down to experience good luck

Edited June 4, 2008 by pritch

[stubby 175]

training isi'nt really neccessary, make sure you buy kitts from working stock, if you leave getting them till later in the year, they may already have had a few trips out with the breeder, but then they wont be "the best" as he'll keep those one's,

 

Id suggest you try to find someone close to you, that could take you along on a few ferreting trips, that way, your new "young stock" would be getting put down holes, along with older ferrets that they can follow

 

doing a simple search on here in the old posts, should give you most of the info you'll need, the difference between mk1 and mk3 collars and locators etc

[The one 8,564]

As said before nothing changed just get some good working stock and you can build up your gear slowly as locators are the biggest expensive item you will need .

[Corky(amateur) 0]

"training isi'nt really neccessary, make sure you buy kitts from working stock"

to be honest stubbs, my two were from melton mowbray and wern't working stock and their great. do you think it makes the difference? i'm not argueing because i've not had working stock so can't compare. have you found a difference?!

thanks

corky

[Neil Cooney. 1]

It's a pity the way it's gone with the humble ferret.

Here in Ireland where there's not a single ferret show and I personally have never heard of a pet ferret the arguement among ferreters is good working lines versus not so good working lines.

Silver backs???? I thought they were a type of Gorrilla.

[stubby 175]

"training isi'nt really neccessary, make sure you buy kitts from working stock"

to be honest stubbs, my two were from melton mowbray and wern't working stock and their great. do you think it makes the difference? i'm not argueing because i've not had working stock so can't compare. have you found a difference?!

thanks

corky

 

no, there probably aint much difference, although Im sure a few on here will argue the difference, I recomended getting working ferrets, as this is a hunting site first and foremost, and therefore there will be quite a few ferreters with kitts around, therefore it would be a bit silly for me to say, go buy them from a pet shop or rescue would'ent it, just trying to do my bit for our members

[comanche 3,209]

what a wonderfull answer!

[duck 0]

cheers lads for all info any more would be greatful, i'll buy a young ferret from someone who has working ferrets

 

thanks once again i'll let you all know how it goes

 

the duck

[The one 8,564]

it depends what you mean by training them every day you can jangle a set of keys or whistle when your feeding them some folk reckon this helps call them out a burrow . but id let them out for a run about the garden and pick them up clap them and put them down over and over again as i cant stand them lurking in the mouth of a burrow so i like to get them used to noise and movement as there picked up

[Malt 379]

ooh yer i get you

my hob used to do this it is the most anoying thing that happens the ysit and watch you and you go too pick them up and the dive back under

and ferrets are best in 2s or 3s or more as they are gregarious (spelling) and prefer o be together also a ferret will work longer the more fit it is so in order to make it fitter build a tiny tread mill and gym.....just kidding make a bigger hutch or out door run for em with pipes

Good advice there Will! I might get a chin up bar to put in with my ferrets......

[The one 8,564]

ooh yer i get you

my hob used to do this it is the most anoying thing that happens the ysit and watch you and you go too pick them up and the dive back under

 

Thats the most annoying thing that can happen youv'e ferreted the burrow all the rabbits are out and your ready to move on and the ferret does that .time to pass it on to a pet home

 

A good working ferret should be in rabbits out ferret out nets up onto next burrow got no time for hole lurkers so spend a lot of time with pipes picking up kitts making a bit of noise sudden movements etc and it wont happen in the field