The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Smallholding => Land Management => Topic started by: Remy on March 05, 2012, 09:08:02 am
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What are the pros and cons about keeping them for catching rabbits? Are they easy to train?
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if you live near any old mining villages - ask around - a lot of the older man used to do what you are interested in for a hobby.
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In "MY" experience ferrets take very little training,most have a built in instinct to work,if you are starting off with young inexperienced ferrets it sometimes pays off to have them work a few times with an experienced ferret a couple of times.The most important thing is to have them used to being picked up and handled as there's nothing worse than having a ferret thats hand shy and darts for cover on an empty warren,you could lose hours trying to get the ferret back.Secondly invest in a ferret locator and collar,if you have any specific questions feel free to pm me,or you location if you are not to far from B-O-T and fancy having a try i might be able to give you a ferreting day depending on time of year as it can be more trouble than its worth in breeding season.