moses 5 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 hi ive kept ferrets for a while now and have had five since starting the first two i had were already worked and easily handled my third is nice enough at home but can be nippy but as soon as im out if i try to pick it up to move burries it wants to kill me i handle them all everyday for atleast 10 mins twice if not more a day why does it still insist on eating me..... also i have two new jkits five months old now one is lovely not got a bad bone in her body tried to nip a few times but out of freight i think my other silver mitt has now started every now and then having a go is it something im doing or is it just i have two tempermental ferrets. Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 hi ive kept ferrets for a while now and have had five since starting the first two i had were already worked and easily handled my third is nice enough at home but can be nippy but as soon as im out if i try to pick it up to move burries it wants to kill me i handle them all everyday for atleast 10 mins twice if not more a day why does it still insist on eating me..... also i have two new jkits five months old now one is lovely not got a bad bone in her body tried to nip a few times but out of freight i think my other silver mitt has now started every now and then having a go is it something im doing or is it just i have two tempermental ferrets. I have a young jill here who has started to bite me , its very probably hormonal changes as she was very sweet untill recently Quote Link to post
moses 5 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 hi ive kept ferrets for a while now and have had five since starting the first two i had were already worked and easily handled my third is nice enough at home but can be nippy but as soon as im out if i try to pick it up to move burries it wants to kill me i handle them all everyday for atleast 10 mins twice if not more a day why does it still insist on eating me..... also i have two new jkits five months old now one is lovely not got a bad bone in her body tried to nip a few times but out of freight i think my other silver mitt has now started every now and then having a go is it something im doing or is it just i have two tempermental ferrets. I have a young jill here who has started to bite me , its very probably hormonal changes as she was very sweet untill recently can i expect this tweo diminish or is it something i will have to put up with.. i think the fact that my other one is so aggressive it makes me wary and probably makes the situation worse Quote Link to post
gnipper 6,755 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 I had a hob who was soft as shit at home but when he was working was more than a bit unpredictable, my mate saved him from me putting a stop to it and reckoned he could stop it but he's still the same Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Its something that will go when there out of season, if you get them jabbed or run them with a vasectomised hob they will very likely have phantom pregnancys where they drag each other round & try to mother the other ferrets they live with so basically if there entire , there hormonal while in season Quote Link to post
gnipper 6,755 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 It does it while its out rabbiting so its nothing to do with hormones, doing it at home when normally it hasn't then that could be linked to hormones. Quote Link to post
doddsy1970 9 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 hi ive kept ferrets for a while now and have had five since starting the first two i had were already worked and easily handled my third is nice enough at home but can be nippy but as soon as im out if i try to pick it up to move burries it wants to kill me i handle them all everyday for atleast 10 mins twice if not more a day why does it still insist on eating me..... also i have two new jkits five months old now one is lovely not got a bad bone in her body tried to nip a few times but out of freight i think my other silver mitt has now started every now and then having a go is it something im doing or is it just i have two tempermental ferrets. Its possibly the hormones mate. When they come into season they can be very strange. One of the nicest friendliest ferret can turn into a demon almost overnight. Quote Link to post
Guest Mass_G3nocide Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 i have 4 ferrets all with different pesonality's 3 of them will not bite but only play fight with my hand as for the other he was a little b*****d i cured his biting by dipping his head in a bowl of water everytime he bit me he dont bit no more. Quote Link to post
Coatesy900 0 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 i have 4 ferrets all with different pesonality's 3 of them will not bite but only play fight with my hand as for the other he was a little b*****d i cured his biting by dipping his head in a bowl of water everytime he bit me he dont bit no more. Well done. Quote Link to post
The one 8,579 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I'd be tempted to work your your ferret hard and see what happens ,if its using all its engry up working and taking its fustration out on rabbits i reckon it will stop biting you if not time to say goodbye Quote Link to post
moses 5 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I'd be tempted to work your your ferret hard and see what happens ,if its using all its engry up working and taking its fustration out on rabbits i reckon it will stop biting you if not time to say goodbye like i said she only bits really when out workingso its not to much energy i think she has had her time as i have another one joining my fleet tommorrow so... if anyone is looking for a new jill wanderfull temperment never bites!!!!! much shes yours. Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 like i said she only bits really when out workingso its not to much energy i think she has had her time as i have another one joining my fleet tommorrow so... if anyone is looking for a new jill wanderfull temperment never bites!!!!! much shes yours. I have a jill thats the exact same, soft as margarine, but put your hands near her when she's working and she'll hang from your wrist like a football scarf, I put up with her because she graft her arse off, there are times when I forget she's there, but then she has her own little way of reminding me, its just her little foible Quote Link to post
The one 8,579 Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 She's great till she's got a rabbit in a dead end and you put your hand into draw it out then?? know what i'd do Quote Link to post
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