CHAPTER XIII. 



FERRET CONTRIVANCES. 



IF ferrets have been handled considerable and 

 properly there will usually be no necessity 

 for using muzzles, harness or other ferret 

 devices, or contrivances, now upon the mar- 

 ket. Some cut off the four long teeth or tusks 

 (two on each jaw) of ferrets a year or older 

 when used for rabbits only. Ferrets so treated 

 cannot kill a rabbit and should they grab and 

 hang chances are that bunny will either get loose 

 or come out of the den dragging the ferret. 



In handling sick ferrets it is advisable to 

 muzzle. Some use thick gloves only, yet when 

 a ferret is sick it is usually cross and more apt 

 to bite than at other times. Again a bite at such 

 times is more risky than when the animal is 

 enjoying good health. The bite of a ferret is not 

 considered poisonous, yet better take no chances. 

 Thick leather gloves can be worn in handling 

 and training ferrets until they become accus- 

 tomed to you, as they are unable to bite through. 

 Carrying — The first and most important 

 contrivance to be considered in connection with 

 ferrets and ferreting is a pocket, bag or box to 



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