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Learn everything you need to begin ferreting, from choosing and caring for ferrets, to essential equipment, locating game, and tips on land permissions and safety. Whether you’re a first-timer or looking to improve your technique, this guide makes ferreting accessible and effective.
Ferrets like fish, it makes their coats looks great and it's safe to feed them fish every other day
One reader asks if a warning that regular handling will stop a ferret from working is correct
Simon Whitehead goes out for a days ferreting on a old Suffolk estate
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?
<strong>The need to raise ferrets with a strong prey drive</strong>
What do you do to fill your time with when you’re not ferreting during the summer months?
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?
<strong>A stark reminder of the risks when ferreting</strong>
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.
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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