darren m Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 a chap from a ferret rescue told me today that ferrets kept as pets wont work , as there too soft and tame . what do you think . can they be both , is it instinct or do they have to be trained .. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popgun Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Most ferrets will work some better than outhers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 It's all on instinct. Mine were pets for a year and a half before I started working them. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 I think that alot of it has to do with instinct...and obviously the more work a ferret gets the more it learns about what if it should be doing. When you say pet..it depends on hat you mean.......a really soppy and dopey 'house ferret' I would imagine would be poor......fat.....and lazy......and would probably get its throat ripped open if it pondered upon a large doe rat on young in a stop end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-peter Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 a chap from a ferret rescue told me today that ferrets kept as pets wont work , as there too soft and tame . what do you think . can they be both , is it instinct or do they have to be trained .. cheers [/quote what a load of **** the guy doesnt know ferrets my ferrets where always pets but it never stopped em working it's their natural instinkt sorry for the pun instinkt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Apart from excellent champion ferrets, I have had lazy ferrets, slow ferrets and vicious ferrets, but I have never had one that wouldn't work. Overfeeding/overweight could cause a ferret not to be too interested, but hunting is their instinct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren m Posted April 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 ok cheers chaps -- shes no lazy ferret , and no fatty at the mo . soon as i squeak as a rabbit distressed would shes there , if i bounce a tennis ball similar to a thumping rabbit shes straight on it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_HMR Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Sounds like a good 'un have to try her out to see what she's like Although i've no experience with ferrets we used to have a lab as kids who was a total house dog and we used to play with him the whole time but once you brought him hunting he was on the ball would flush and retrieve no problem. If its in them its in them. Stick a fat lazy thats never seen a women before in a room with one and he'll quickly figure out what to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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