PAKT II. 



HOW TO KEEP AND WOEK FEBBETS, 



TITHE first necessity in ferret-keeping is that 

 they shall be kept in hutches or "cotes," as 

 they are commonly called. Care must always 

 be taken to have their places well swilled with 

 carbolic water, and then allowed to thoroughly 

 dry before whitewashing the inside, which is- 

 also essential to keep them healthy. This 

 should be done at least four times a year. 

 Always have your hutches leaning from the 

 wall, so that wet or refuse will not lodge 7 

 for when the bottom of a hutch is always wet 

 it is liable to give the ferrets a disease called 

 foot rot, which is very frequent where ferrets 

 are neglected. Always keep the feeding part 

 of the hutch well covered with sawdust. 



In feeding ferrets for the purpose of Bat- 

 catching, never do so before going out with 

 them ; I think it is quite sufficient to feed 

 them every 24 hours. If you feed them 

 oftener they are liable to get too fat, and also 

 lazy and unwilling to work as they should. 

 The best food you can give them is bread and 



