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Jiff
19-05-2005, 06:37 PM
ok peeps,
i'm sick of reading peoples posts about starting new mews and what not,
i'm also sick of prommising my ferrets better accomodation,so this week i decided to make a start,and cheer myself up into the bargain,i've got the foundation down and the frame work is almost finnished but the fottos will follow of it's progress,......i wish i'd whent large on this one but the wife put her foot down about the ammount of garden i was taking up with all my building work so far and the lack of room for her get togethers and bbq's, this housing will measure 1.5mx1mx 2m high it will be three tear with the atic spaced utilised as a sleeping quarter and food storage (obviously seperated) couple of pics of the founds.



Jiff
19-05-2005, 06:39 PM
this is th concrete in and leveled
Gaz
19-05-2005, 07:37 PM
Jiff,the same here mate :finga: ..started a new cage yesterday.. :mrgreen:
Jiff
19-05-2005, 07:50 PM
i'm trying to get hold of some heavy gauge weld mesh that still looks neat i found some the other day but for enough for the job it was arround 65 quid,it's going to be an all mesh enclosure with sheltered positions and sleeping quaters i need good quality wire otherwise i'll be allways repairing it.
Sighthound
19-05-2005, 08:09 PM
Heres a bad pic of mine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/Sighthound/PICT0005.jpg

It is 8 x 4 ft and 6 ft high so I'm able to stand in it.
The ferrets for sure stay fitter and healthier, favourite toy is the football with holes cut in it, suspended on a bungee strap, they play for hours on this :D
Jiff
19-05-2005, 08:24 PM
thats why i want better accomodation i don't like to see em going stir crazy in hutches this time of year. the balls a great idea,
GDN
19-05-2005, 11:02 PM
**** man. 5 star ferret accomodation or what. Where's the pool
ColdZero
19-05-2005, 11:03 PM
my ferrets just have a normal hutch, but they are house ferrets so are indoors all their waking hours, and many of their sleeping ones too. However i still want to increase the size of their cage so i might b nicking some ideas...post more pics.
TheAntiCrow
20-05-2005, 12:42 PM
nice ferret quarters jiff & sighthound...

keep the pics coming in - if you don't mind I'll also be 'borrowing' some ideas from here... :D
Sean
01-08-2005, 10:45 PM
well jiff, any more recent pics?
Dave G
07-09-2005, 01:51 PM
a pic of my ferrets 3 storey home which she has all to her self :)
Sean
07-09-2005, 01:54 PM
very nice :D
Mary Quite Contrary
07-09-2005, 01:56 PM
not having a pop mate but it is recommended not to keep a solitary ferret.
Dave G
07-09-2005, 02:00 PM
shes as happy as larry as i have her out most days in the garden and has lots of tubes and balls to play with , i have never heard of this before chas so will look into it cheers
The New Kid
07-09-2005, 09:23 PM
Holy shi'ite... i'm getting.. well, my sisters getting... a ferret next month... don't think the cage is gonna be that huge !
The New Kid
07-09-2005, 09:50 PM
Andy, just make sure the ferrets don't see, they won't know what they're missing ;)
KestrelFan76
28-09-2005, 03:06 PM
my ferrets live in a 30 foot square stable and are happy as larry
have some sad news to report from the weekend took my jill out ferreting and she had a encounter with a rat she killed the rat but not before it got a bite in the bite was just aqbove the eye and cut to the bone but have been told that the cut wil heal allright by itself os thats giid news like the hutches guys
welshhawk2005
28-09-2005, 03:32 PM
my jill got had once by a rat and the rat took most of her ear off still works them or. As anyone else started ferret yet i was thinking of going sometime this week if the weather is ok
Moses
28-09-2005, 03:51 PM
jiff very nice mate i like it
ColdZero
28-09-2005, 03:56 PM
this is when it was first put up, so its a bit bare...but they still managed to wreck it :lol: (it will be made bigger soon)

http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/908/grotto0xp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
welshhawk2005
28-09-2005, 04:06 PM
is it only the top two which are connected nice looking hatchs
ColdZero
28-09-2005, 08:07 PM
no its one big hutch, 4 nailed together lol. I am going to add one more 5 footer and then it should be big enough for the new ferrets i will be picking up soon.
Mary Quite Contrary
29-09-2005, 01:08 PM
CZ that made me laugh.

A stack of hutches.

You should have built one yourself .It would of been cheaper and made to your design and arrangements.
ColdZero
30-09-2005, 12:28 AM
lol yeah i know, it looks retarded but it works. I would of made one but i have no room to make one any bigger than the dimensions of a hutch, and we are moving soonish so i can take it with me lol. Then i can build a proper HUGE one, with a tunnel leading to the tower, which can be used for breeding ;)