Thread: Another Ferret

I got one once and it was big and heavy so i weighed it, it came in at 1.5 kg. I was listening to a talk by Cam Speedy and he was talking about 2kg ferrets in i think it was Tongariro Nat Park .. that is just enormous.

Originally Posted by sore head stoat

I got one once and it was big and heavy so i weighed it, it came in at 1.5 kg. I was listening to a talk by Cam Speedy and he was talking about 2kg ferrets in i think it was Tongariro Nat Park .. that is just enormous.

I shot one or two in the Twizel area that were the size of a small cat, even the first load of no.4 didn’t kill them.

Originally Posted by dogmatix

Good stuff.
Some of the ferrets you see out on the nearby Awhitu Peninsula are the size of dogs.

Originally Posted by time out

PFBOP asked me to find them a couple of each type of mustilid – they wanted them for PF Waitakere Ranges for educational purposes
PFBOP wanted them as they know of a local Tauranga Taxidermist who stuffs mustilids and rats
I have been catching a few ferrets around the street but mostly they get shot and tailed for the swamp comp – I don’t catch any stoats or weasels round here
Although I always have a cage out and a couple of Fenn6 traps – things have gone quiet at present
So who better to find us a few mustilids is @BillyXmas546 up at North Head on the Manakau Harbour – he gets them frequently – but he is up there and we want them down here in Tauranga
I had a trip planned to Long Bay and Billy was heading into Auckland – so we met in Silverdale for lunch and a transfer of iced bodies in chilly bins – just one ferret and a couple of weasels
Poor bloody ferret never reckoned on traveling so far and ending up in so many freezers and chilly bins
From what I could see – he looks like a nice ferret – weasels are in the plastic bag - it will be interesting to see how he comes out when stuffed - thanks for all the effort BillyXmas546
So if anyone has a spare stoat or ferret in the freezer in the Tauranga area – we are still looking for some bodies – they need to still have a tail

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From that to this –
This is how the ferret from @BillyXmas546 turned out – I fetched it back from up North for PFBOP – they got a local tax man to do it – understand it has now gone back to PF Waitakere Ranges for educational purposes
Very nice Bill – thanks for your effort

They do such a great job with those faces! Really tempted to learn first hand how to do proper taxidermy like that. Are the noses and lips some sort of rubbery artsy material? Epoxy?

Originally Posted by time out

From that to this –
This is how the ferret from @BillyXmas546 turned out – I fetched it back from up North for PFBOP – they got a local tax man to do it – understand it has now gone back to PF Waitakere Ranges for educational purposes
Very nice Bill – thanks for your effort

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When I first saw that pic I thought "who the fuck would keep a ferret as a pet, that one's mad as a cut snake!"...

Then I see its stuffed.

So yeah, thats a pretty bloody good job done there

Great pets....until

Originally Posted by Pengy

Great pets....until

I had 2 pet ferrets when I was younger back in the old country, they were amazing pets.