Finally managed to get a picture of the new arrivals.
Picked these two up last week from Tom. The hob at the front is called Cornelius and we are yet to name the jill. The hob will be given the snip so he can cover the jills without producing millions of kits every year. That way, if I wish to breed from one of the jills, I still can. All depends on how good a worker they are really.
I decided to get ferrets many many months ago, in fact it was back in December last year that I thought they would be fun to keep and I promised myself that I would give them the best enclosure possible. Only fair if they are going to work hard for me. They deserve the best!
I started off by completely rebuilding part of an old shed and it went from a dirty old poultry shed to a deluxe Ferret Palace, only taking the best part of 3 months :-)
The old shed was retained but with a completely new inside. I laid a concrete floor in 3 sections, the entire inside was shuttered off with OSB2 board and a new roof added.
This was all filled, sanded and then painted with undercoat and then gloss. The idea being it would be easy to wipe down and keep clean.
So far, it has worked. Needless to say the little monsters have made a mess, throwing litter trays about and generally acting like small children in their bedroom, but the design has held up.
As they are young, some of the ladders up to the, what I call 1st floor are too steep and they are yet to explore this new world. Will make a nice surprise for them when they do.
They have plenty of toys, pipes and their current favourite is a cardboard box with some holes... typical!
Collected two jills from Steve up in Dartford on the 28th July. Was a long drive what with Friday traffic and the accident on the A13.
Finally got the two babies home. They are daughters of a Jill called Vixen and one is silver, the other polecat. We have called the silver Suzie and the poley Ophelia.
They settled into their new court nicely and seem to be right at home. Here they are sleeping after eating loads of rabbit and then having a play.
Finally managed to get a picture of the new arrivals.
