Young Ferrets First Day Sunrise Ferreting 19

A ditsy young ferret inadvertently scares rabbits from their hole as she explores the unfamiliar environment. After quickly bolting a lone rabbit, I ventured further up the hedge and found a warren with lots of freshly kicked dirt around the entrances. Nine months old is an ideal age to introduce a ferret to hunting rabbits. They can be started earlier in life but if they receive a particularly bad kick from a rabbit it may discourage them. Leto has been eating rabbit and I have got her used to wearing a collar prior to her first day hunting. She has received no training. I m relying on her natural curiosity and prey drive to seek out and harass the rabbits. I expect her performance to improve with experience alone. Athena is being worked beside her to set a good example and get the rabbits moving around the warren. The rabbits seem to sense the confidence of each ferret and don t seem too bothered about the clumsy intruder at first.