192 FERRET FACTS AND FANCIES. 



hutches — dryness and warmth are the principal 

 points to be observed. 



A good size for a hutch is four feet long, 

 three feet wide and thirty inches high. Take a 

 box about twelve or fourteen inches square and 

 make a hole in one end about four inches square 

 and then place this box in the large pen, which 

 is used as a nest box ; this size pen will be about 

 right for three or four ferrets but if you are 

 going to raise ferrets by the 100 or 1,000, larger 

 hutches will be in demand for an old ferret and 

 her young. 



I make a pen five feet long, three feet wide 

 and thirty inches high and then get some one- 

 fourth, one-half or one-inch mesh woven wire 

 and put on the bottom of the pen and all the 

 droppings, etc., goes through the wire so that the 

 pen is always dry. I would advise putting some 

 good wheat straw on the wire and have a good 

 nest box twelve or fourteen inches square in one 

 corner of the pen. I also have wire in one end 

 of the pen and have a flap of a piece of oilcloth 

 in front to drop down should it rain or storm. 

 This is a good pen for all-round use for those 

 who only raise a few ferrets. I would advise you 

 to have the pen raised about three inches off the 

 ground and keep in a good, dry place. 



