food ferret

you are right about better sell. I just got an offer so I wanted to ask. Rather, I let her try to tame cure

Ferrets are weasels which prey on snakes of pretty good size. Good luck with that you may lose your snake. And feeding a ferret is like feeding a dog to a snake.. Their really smart creatures that should not be used as food. They not natural prey ethier.


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Without going too much into my personal opinions on using ferrets as food (I've kept ferrets my whole life and am the proud owner of two currently, so I have to agree with piedpython), this is a really really terrible idea. Have you ever been bitten by a ferret? Raising them from babies, before they are trained out of biting, they have incredibly strong jaws, and it's very hard to get them to let go of something if they are determined to hang on to it. They can be very good at killing and I have friends who have had ferrets bring wild lizards or snakes to them that they've caught around the house. Even between my male ferret and my three year old boa constrictor, I'd place my money on the ferret (not that they are ever given the chance).

Ferrets are also able to avoid snake strikes very well and keep attacking until their prey is tired and weak. Like Shann said their jaws are powerful and sharp and can easily kill a snake 5+ feet.


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Are you really being serious?!

A ferret will kill your snake. No doubt about it.

I had a woman post on a ferret forum asking about the safety of her foster ferrets if she placed them in a home with ball pythons. She wanted someone to justify her belief that the potential adopter was unsuitable because of the potential danger to the ferrets. I basically laughed at her and said that the balls would be the ones in danger. Not the other way around.

Also, $100-150 food bill for one meal sounds expensive.....


This ferret belongs to a member of my ferret group. She goes hunting with hers.
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The ferret will tear your snake apart :( I say that as nicely as possible. It shouldn't ever, ever be considered.

I have a big snake. I thought it just depends on how good it is to bite the neck and wrapped her ...

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Originally Posted by jakup25

not for sale are not suitable for breeding are home to messes. must have a birth defect :-(

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If it does have a defect bad enough to cull I don't see a problem feeding a dead ferret to your snake if you trust the source. Sounds like you don't know the source though and are just assuming it has a defect. I wouldn't feed live for many of the reasons already listed.

It would be better before feeding to stun or kill?no to hurt the snake? and how?

I also advise euthanasia before feeding the ferret off, there is no way it's safe to live-feed a ferret to a snake. They are literally built for hunting, your snake would end up being the feeder. As for culling method, I'm not sure what is advisable, since they are larger than rats, I don't know if CO2 would be effective as a humane euth procedure.

I hope you wouldn't be paying more than a few bucks per pound of ferret, too. paying pet prices for feeders is wasteful, imo.

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