WOEKING FEKBETS. 



this way regularly you will find that they 

 will work very well. It is also advisable to- 

 let them drink at a stream when they have 

 worked about three hours. 



When ferrets have been ast in a rabbit 

 burrow 7 , their paws may be full of down with 

 scratching at the rabbits. Always remove 

 this before placing them to another burrow. 

 Each time you handle the ferret see that the 

 muzzle is alright, and in muzzling with string 

 great care should be taken to remove the long 

 hair on the snout from under the string ; 

 otherwise the ferret may experience a tickling 

 sensation, and not w r ork so well as it should ; 

 see also that the string is tied tightly around 

 the ferret's neck ; if not it can easily pull off 

 the muzzle with its paw r s. 



Whenever a ferret is severely bitten by a Eat 

 the best course to take immediately you get- 

 it home is to bathe the wound in clean 

 luKe-w r arm water. See that all the dirt is 

 removed, and then apply a few drops of sweet 

 oil to the wound. Eepeat this every four hours- 

 until the wound is healed, but until then do not 

 work the ferret lest more dirt gets into the 

 wound. My experience proves this to be the 

 best w^ay to cure a ferret when it has received 

 a severe Rat-bite. 



It is also a good plan occasionally (say~ 



