Walkies!

Teaching your ferret to walk! (on a lead) 

Ferrets love explore and if they are inside they may not be able to run around, dig and roll in grass! You can just let them run free in your garden but you will run the risk of loosing them. So you can walk them on a lead!

 I prefer to walk Rammy on a harness lead because it gives him that extra bit of support when he is exploring and it means that if he gets into real danger like he has walk him self to the edge of the deck i can pull him up with lead lead a he is fully supported by the harness like a hand.

Others may want to walk their ferret on a lead that attaches onto a collar because to means they can wear a top and people may think that it looks better than a harness. You can also get a lead that is attached using a collar like strap and one that goes across the body to supply support.

You may have noticed that this is not Rammy that is because i had to use an internet photograph as i don't own this type of lead!

You can somewhat control where a ferret walk buy slightly pulling on the lead to direct them. Don't pull too hard as you can hurt them and some will not listen to you as all they want to do is run around and play!

How to make a felt hammock!

How to make a felt hammock!

You may think that you have to buy a hammock for your ferret because either you don't think you can make one or you feel that the one you make will not be very good. However these instructions show that they are simple to make and look really cool if you just have a felt blanket! No sewing is needed!

You will need- scissors, felt blanket and some hooks.

Step one- get three pieces of felt, one large approx. 40cm2, another 5cm smaller and another 5 cm smaller than that. The size of the first square depends on how big your ferret is and how many ferrets are going to use it.

step 2- Cut out 4 thin 20cm strips of felt.

Step 3- layer the 3 squares on top of each other with one of their corners all overlapping. 

Cut a small hole through all of the pieces on the corners overlapping as shown by the cross.

Step 4- you need to do the same with every one of the corners. Re-match each of the three corners as show on the diagram above and thread one of the felt strips through all three of the holes. Make sure you tie it at the top to create a loop. Do this for all the the similar corners.

Don't worry if the hammock looks like it is sagging on the larger piece and less on the smaller piece. This is supposed to happen! You should end up with it looking this this-

 Is has been held up with hooks going through the loops made by the felt strips. Rammy just loves his because he can climb on any of the layers. The layers mean more support, more than one ferret can go on the hammock at any one time and they can climb in and out of the separate compartments!