livingart Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 wednesday morning - 6 young bantams in one pen dead, 2 eaten - suspected weasel Fenn traps out and baited around same pen thursday morning - another pen 3 adult roosters, 3 amherst pheasants 1/2 grown (1 partially eaten) - suspected stoat, no traps sprung changed bait, moved traps, added live cat trap with meat bait friday morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Nice Ferret. And I dont say that to many blokes I can tell you! Only one thing left to say nasty and I HAVE said that before as well.....lol One of the parks down here has one as a display ...nuetered of course...as a NZ predator. Maybe you can do same Pity about chooks of all sorts tho..amhursts real shame Condolenences and you cant even get a good feed of a feret Nav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 ferret is no more, soon to be taxidermied worst part is we live well within the city limits don't worry i have more amhersts, but sadly found my spare swinhoes cockbird dead as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 awwww.... that ferret is adorable!!!! look at that cute face. u killed it? but im sorry to hear about all the stuff it killed.. v v sad. guess it shouldn't have killed your stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 awwww.... that ferret is adorable!!!! look at that cute face. u killed it? but im sorry to hear about all the stuff it killed.. v v sad. guess it shouldn't have killed your stuff. How can you say that when they are such a pest? Thats like saying possums are cute But i guess possums don't kill our iconic animal of this country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 one of the worst animals here in NZ They should be baned and those here distroyed. They kill for fun and rearly eat what they have killed except for a quick snack every now and then 10 years ago, I had 23 racing pigeons killed by a young ferret that got into my loft. These birds were grand kids of "Champion de Bacelona" which sold to the UK for 110,000 pound so my supplier in Australia sent me a statement stating the value as well in excess of $50,000. The owner of the ferret was planing on taking maters further as I killed the ferret straight away. When he arrive at my home wanting reimbursment, I handed him the statement of the value of the birds, he said he would see what he could do and moved out 2 days later from his rented house just around the corner. Now if these killing machines will do this to Livingarts birds and to my raceing pigeons, what are they doing to our native birds? Cute.... sorry mate but that would make hittler a gentleman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 good work for catching it, pitty it wasn't sooner. I am about to put stoat/weasel traps out now that we have our birds & this has firmly put my "a into g" to do it. Thats like saying possums are cute they are just before they get smoked We make slippers for our kids out of their skins, they (slippers) are cute But i guess possums don't kill our iconic animal of this country they eat eggs of native birds etc don't they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Possums are cute...but a dead one is cuter. And of course they dont kill native animals....they just decimate the whole underpinning of the eco system that those natives depend on.....but dont you worry that little rainbow coloured head of yours cause soon somebody will spread a deadly little biosulphate in a counrty side near you and we will all be much better off. :evil: Navarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 So sorry to hear about that Livingart...just awful to find all those dead birds Will you put it on display as a 'predator' once its stuffed? At the Ellerslie flower show this year they had an area with stuffed weasles , rabbits etc in various poses of eating/ destroying native birds/eggs etc to illustrate the devastation these 'cute' looking animals cause. Was quite a thought provoking way to educate I thought....tho by the time I was in that particular tent there was so much dust over everything it made them look a bit tatty..... :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 what! of course these mustelids kill our native birds theres no argument about this. its common knowledge. they kill the birds not just the eggs Ferrets were introduced to New Zealand from Europe in the 1880s, along with stoats and weasels, to control rabbits that were breeding out of control. By 1900, ferrets were well established in the wild and definitely played a role in the decline of native birds like the kiwi, weka and blue duck, and the extinction of kakapo on the mainland. Kakapo are now only found on mustelid-free islands. In the 1980s, at least 17 ferret farms were established in Northland. When these closed down due to a downturn in the market, many ferrets escaped or were set free, contributing to the expansion of ferrets northwards into some of New Zealand's remaining prime kiwi habitat. In addition to New Zealand's wild populations, ferrets are kept as domestic pets and farmed for export markets in Asia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 oh i like ferrets used to have pet ones but they are naturel killers and kill for fun just like cats both big pests in nz but was still a fun pet to have used to take him out hunting rabbits etc where there is one there is more so keep the traps baited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 How can you say that when they are such a pest? Thats like saying possums are cute But i guess possums don't kill our iconic animal of this country Just because somethings a pest, doesnt mean it cant be cute :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 or should not be dead or made that way as soon as possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 awwww.... that ferret is adorable!!!! look at that cute face. u killed it? but im sorry to hear about all the stuff it killed.. v v sad. guess it shouldn't have killed your stuff. your obviously not studying nz conservation then i will send the next one to you phoenix, might make a good playmate for rusty traps back out for the next few weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Actually phoenix is right isnt s/he doesnt the oxford dictonary define cute as small unusual and fury? Nav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 reset the trap quick! they usually have a mate and a den full of babies on the go. If you get the mate the babies will starve (sorry little ferrets, life's tough) once you have one trapped the other is usually pretty hungry providing for the whole family and will be trapped fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Actually phoenix is right isnt s/he doesnt the oxford dictonary define cute as small unusual and fury? Nav definitely fury angry little things they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 but they are naturel killers and kill for fun just like cats both big pests in nz You forgot humans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 yes was deliberate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 ferrets are awesome awesome predators if they were 6 feet long humans would have a huge problem some humans are alright, every wild ferret lives up to its job description Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 "as I said, in the right conditions and wif the right owners" totally dissagree As people have mentioned, they kill for fun. Most are from responsible people that made one mistake and the ferret became free to distroy what ever it wants. I honestly belive that the government should ban them and distroy what is already here (along with stotes and weasles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 sorry mystic but i have to agree with barrie on this one yes they are good when handled right but starve your ferret and see what it is like sadly there is still a black market in these and they are still being bred and sold once it leaves responsible hands there is no telling what happens to it not all owners are responsible, same with cat owners this is just one reason why we have the importation laws we have now on animals fish etc ps - i have owned them before ad think the are an incredible animal but they hve no place in the nz environment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 If ferrets should be banned then cats should too. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 agree david but too many people own a cat and they are cuter too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Have you owned one Barrie? (Juss asking?) No And never would The first experiance I had with them was an elderly couple that had had theirs for ages. It slept in their room. It killed about a dozen show budgies. The second was a guy around the corner that I have discribed above Makes me wonder how many Kiwis they have killed ferrets v Kiwis.... only each person can decide the answer to that but I thinks it plain which side Im on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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