Ferrets : their management in health and disease with remarks on their legal status . Fig. 30.—Cope No. 2. 94 - FERRETS The material most in favour for thismethod of coping is twine, or a strand ofwhipcord. The length must be judgedin accordance with the cope intended tobe used and the size of the ferret. Someprefer strong or twisted thread, but this. Fig. 31.—Cope No. 2. in our opinion often cuts the ferrets andis not so comfortable to work with as athin strand of whipcord. Loop A is nota necessity, and is as often as not E goes round the under jaw, and isheld in position by bein
Ferrets : their management in health and disease with remarks on their legal status . Fig. 30.—Cope No. 2. 94 - FERRETS The material most in favour for thismethod of coping is twine, or a strand ofwhipcord. The length must be judgedin accordance with the cope intended tobe used and the size of the ferret. Someprefer strong or twisted thread, but this. Fig. 31.—Cope No. 2. in our opinion often cuts the ferrets andis not so comfortable to work with as athin strand of whipcord. Loop A is nota necessity, and is as often as not E goes round the under jaw, and isheld in position by being slipped behindthe canine teeth. Loop B goes over thenose, as shown in Fig. 31, and the twoends are carried straight up over the COPES 95 middle of the forehead to C, where theyare knotted and carried round the neckto D. Here the ends are sometimes tied,and the cope is complete. But it is oftenpractical to knot at D and carry the endson to A, either fastening them at thebottom of loop E, or to loop A, which,when used, is made on purpose for knot-ting the ends, and so keeping the copemore permanently fixed to the ferretshead. Fig. 30 shows the same cope, only it isrepresented by an end-on view. Loop Ais the loop under the lower jaw for thepurpose of fixing the loose end. Loop Egoes round the lower jaw and behind thecanine teeth ; loop B roun
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