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Simon goes Ferreting to evict the local rabbits from some old Suffolk Oaks

Simon Whitehead goes out for a days ferreting on a old Suffolk estate

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How do you breed ferrets with different eye colourations?

Another student at school says it’s possible to breed ferrets with different eye colourations. Is this correct and, if so, how do you go about breeding to get the colours you want?

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Fostering ferrets of the future

<strong>The need to raise ferrets with a strong prey drive</strong>

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What do you about ferreting in the summer months?

What do you do to fill your time with when you’re not ferreting during the summer months?

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Will ferreting too regularly make my ferrets tame?

An old boy in the village tells me you shouldn’t handle ferrets too regularly because it makes them tame and less likely to work. Is he right?

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Ferreting: A soil flush with an ace of spades

<strong>A stark reminder of the risks when ferreting</strong>

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Is gassing rabbit burrows as good as ferreting them?

Over the years I have given several people permission to go ferreting on my land, but none have ever really got on top of the job.

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Should I breed polecats with my son’s ferrets?

I’ve come across three wild polecats on the farm and wondered about trapping them and crossing them with my son’s ferrets. Would this work, or am I just wasting my time?

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What causes colour variations in the rabbits I’m ferreting?

I have taken on some new ground just four miles from farms which I’ve been ferreting for several years. Apart from two black rabbits netted in the 15 years I’ve been doing it, all the rest of the ...

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What’s causing our new ferrets’ bad behaviour?

My children have been ‘gifted’ a couple of ex-working male ferrets by a friend and, although not biters, they smell pretty bad, pee everywhere and can be quite aggressive to each other, especially...

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