HUTCHES AND NESTS. 41 



(say 4x5) is large enough for eight ferrets. One 

 female will do well in each enclosure with a litter. 



Raising ferrets is not difficult for those wlio 

 know how. They must be attended to regularly, 

 pens or hutches kept clean and at about a certain 

 temperature. If the weatlier gets very warm, 

 the covering on the nest or breeding box must be 

 partly removed. The box in which the female 

 has her young has no lid or top on, that is, no 

 board, but is topped or capped with straw. 

 Wlien the weather gets unusually Avarm, part of 

 this covering is removed. If the young sweat 

 much, they are too warm and if allowed in that 

 condition long, will become diseased and die. In 

 fact, a few sweats are fatal. 



Where a few only are kept, the pen, hutch, 

 box, or whatever the females are kept in must be 

 slieltered from the sun. A shed of some kind 

 should be used wliere the air can circulate during 

 very warm weather and where during cold spells 

 the doors can be closed. Letters From Raisers, 

 Chapter XIV, contains a good deal of additional 

 information about hutches and pens. 



