jimi_impreza Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Hi all yesterday i brought 2 ferrets,one hob and one jill. The jill is fine but the hob bit me once and it tried to bite me 3 further times so i was faced with no other option then to put it to sleep. RIP JIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Thats a bit sad, do you often get nippy ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Jimi . My grandmother allways used to say if you can't think of anything nice to say , then don't bother speaking . I am going to take this advice from now on an let somebody else do the talking !!! all the best yis yp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiercel Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Jimi there is no other way to say this. You are a disgrace you should not be allowed to keep animals its diabolical what you have done. There is no excuse for it,you were a strange handler in a strange environment no wonder the hob tried to bite you. Instead of you handling the ferret till it was used to you and knew that you were not going to hurt it. You put the animal down.How you did it god only knows, but this is the worst post ive ever seen on this site and if you never showed your face again, it would be too soon as far as im concerned. I hope i leave you in no doubt about my feelings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG BILL Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 What a waste. could you not have taken it back if you were unsure or given it to some one who knows what they are doing. :< BIG BILL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I know absoultley nothing about ferrits, but surely you could have atleast kept them for a week, so it would get used to you and your smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead-eye-dick Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I know nothing about ferrets, but It seems like a strange thing to do - and even more strange to post it on the web for all to see..........Including 'antis' RSPCA etc.etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Pieman Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Tip for the day - engage brain before using keyboard Enough people have judged you for your actions so I won't. However, here's something to remember for the future. One of the best working ferrets I ever owned was a terrible biter. It drew blood on many occasions in its early days, once sending my mum to casualty with it still attached to her finger :*) The simple solution was for everyone that handled it to wear a glove. When rabbiting everyone had a leather glove in their pocket that they could slip on if they needed to pick him up. It soon became routine - including when he was fed - and the inconvenience it caused was far outweighed by his ability to bolt rabbits better than any other ferret I've ever owned. Ironically, he got far less nippy as he got older. Looks like you've done yourself no favours on this occasion Jimi. That animal may well have been the best rabbiter you'll ever own. PP PS You know when you've done something really bad 'cos you left YP so angry he refused to post a comment. That's a grave thing to do in anyone's book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarms Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 You dont deserve to keep any more animals, let alone own a gun. Ferrets take time to get used to you, you cant just kill them cos they are scared of a stranger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahmood Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 i dont no much about this but i think u should of asked for sum advice from some one who no what there chatting about before just doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Yup. What they all said! If you have a biter and not the patience to reform it (and pretty much they all can be reformed), then look for someone who has. Worst case you could have contacted the National Ferret Welfare Society NFWS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbus Polumbus Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I think what needs to be said has been said with the exception of my own personal disgust at what you have done. Shame on you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I got two jills a while ago and you couldn't go near the polecat one without it biting you, so i never touched it for a while apart from cleaning out the hutch and petting it when it was feeding and after about two months it wouldn't touch you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I'm lost for words, but one day you will learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Quote "No other option" Don't know owt about ferrets, but its sounds a bit extreme Do the moderators allow polls on how big a t*sser some people are? Jonno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead-eye-dick Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 How does one go about "putting an animal to sleep" ?? I can't imagine meny people have the correct injection to hand, is that not the job of a vet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 dead eye **** Mr impreza has gone all shy on us. I'd like him to share his experiences with us Rip Mr ferret, life terminated for biting. Hope he doesn't have a dog Jonno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juddy Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 most ferrets bite m8 there well known for it you should of at least give it a couple of weeks and as for some of the other comments from other users theres some tossers on this site kick me off if yer like i cant be done with some of the ****ty remarks some of you come out with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 This entire thread should be removed and no doubt will be. I find it difficult to express the disgust, this post makes me feel. A ferret is a working companion and/or a pet. Would you "put to sleep" a new dog, because it nipped you ? You are beneath contempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrono Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Feel good do you impreza???...........you're a low life a$$hole!!!!!!!!!! :< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juddy Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 see what i mean ,the bloke done wrong killing the ferret i agree with you all but name calling and **** we all have guns we kill pigeons a living thing so we all kill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarms Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Juddy, I see where you are coming from, but if you had a dog that wouldnt sit when you told it to the first few times you were training it would you kill it? If you had a cat which scratched the curtains or the walls would you kill it??? No you wouldnt, if you were to get an animal as a pet you need to find out about it before you buy it. Any site on the internet or any documents concerning ferrets will in some way mention they bite. You cant just kill it because you decide you dont like it anymore. It is nothing like killing for food, or vermin shooting really as if he had looked into keeping the animal before just deciding he wanted one then he would have found out about it. He could have taken it back to where he got it from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rab Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Nice post Jim you have done hunting a lot of good. People like you we don't need on the site. Its bad press like this that has hunting in the state its in today You could'nt hit a cow on the **** with a handful of peas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brain dead Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 killing a ferret for biting......doesn't really make sense to me as he only had it for...well a short period....poor thing, surely it comes naturally to the ferret. it doesn't sound as if he has any remorse either. :< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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