Watch an exotic animal health technician explain how to train your ferret to bite gently in this free online video. Expert: Sarah Tingle Contact: www.extracareanimalhospital.net Bio: Sarah is a resident exotic animal health technician and has been working as a technician for seven years. Filmmaker: Hiu Yau
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so she doesnt actualy say how to stop them from biting? Perhaps the vid is metaphrical? On that note the best most humane training method nothing in otherwords hold the pet still. It is nonviolent/gentle and safe to the pet, and they learn that when they commit the bad behaviour the fun stops. like a ‘time out’ when animals dominate each other they hold the other down. . please dont flick their nose and make them fear your hand or get afraid of being sprayed with something.
When they bite, you give their nose a reasonably hard flick. That’s all you do
hope I helped, because the video definitly doesn’t.
well that was… informative…
You’ve helped me sooo much well that nothing happened. UGHHHHHH
this was about as helpfull as a had full of shit…
When your ferret starts biting you slap the fuck outta him to teach him a lesson.
wow thanks for all that info. my ferret is currently killing my rottwieler and i will never be able to stop him.YOU WERE MY ONLY HOPE!!!!
Dog is super cute.
theres a part two
what jsut happend, i didnt learn anything at all.
I’ve recently heard about vinegar, but garlic is the best.
Worthless video. Should be removed from site!
thanks for giving me absolutely no information on how to correct it. expert village sucks
does lemon juice or anything like that work??
ye :/
this video does not help at all! She does not even explain how to get them to be gentle!! Idiotttt
is the book you read named the essential ferret book or somthing like that/? i read it too
ferrets bite my leg off and i dont even own one!OMG
Honestly, I found that ferrets tend to stop biting after about 4 or 5 months. I also noticed that since my first ferret doesn’t bite, when I got the second, younger one, he stopped biting as soon as he noticed the first one didn’t bite. Just a helpful hint.
I am not sure how legitimate this ‘expert’ is, who didn’t even explain how to teach your ferret anything, but my ferret was biting non-stop the first month I had him and after the bitter apple spray he stopped, and he has not bit anyone since then in all the 6 years I’ve owned him. Bitter apple spray is just the best thing for training ferrets not to bite, it worked almost immediately and the best part about it is that my ferret isn’t afraid of me because I scruffed him or flicked his nose.
My ferret used to bite shoes and feet mostly when I first got him, and I tried many things to get him to stop before I finally got bitter apple spay (I believe it was recommended in a book that I had read) as soon as I sprayed it on my hands, shoes, and feet, he was no longer interested in biting me or anyone else what so ever. I don’t understand why you would want your ferret to learn to bite gently, ferrets have sharp, carnivores teeth and it hurts regardless of how hard they bite.
lol…um did i miss the part where she tells us how to correct biting?
ive tamed 4 year old working ferrets into pets and litter trained them no problems mine use to tend to bite me very nastie as soon as she would feel the hairs on my arms i just where i look sleaved jumper now problem sloved
For a ferret who bites because he is afraid of you, or wants you to leave him alone it will be alot harder to stop. Time, patience and thick leather gloves. You’ll have to teach him hands are a good thing, not something to be scared of. Hitting or scruffing will only reinforce the idea that hands are scary. Hands bring treets, belly rubs, ear scratches, food, and all things good. Not pain.
I’m not an “expert”, like the chick in this useless video, but it has worked for me.
Well that was a waste of time. I would say the best thing to do for a ferret who is just playing is to yell OW, and stop playing with him for a few minutes. He will learn that if he bites hard, playtime stops. Sad thing for a ferret.
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