Ferrets : their management in health and disease with remarks on their legal status . Fig. 15. YARDS OR COURTS 45 benches in the yards are not neces-sary, nor are the interior doors re-quired to be made to open if the sidesof the beds are raised fairly high and alid placed on each, which is the courseusually adopted. A slip tray or falsebottom should be fitted to each interiorcompartment to facilitate cleaning, andthorough ventilation must always beprovided. These yards are not as arule used for breeding, nor are they usedfor working ferrets when in use, as theytend to make the animals wild an
Ferrets : their management in health and disease with remarks on their legal status . Fig. 15. YARDS OR COURTS 45 benches in the yards are not neces-sary, nor are the interior doors re-quired to be made to open if the sidesof the beds are raised fairly high and alid placed on each, which is the courseusually adopted. A slip tray or falsebottom should be fitted to each interiorcompartment to facilitate cleaning, andthorough ventilation must always beprovided. These yards are not as arule used for breeding, nor are they usedfor working ferrets when in use, as theytend to make the animals wild and they will be found most convenientand useful when the hutches are over-stocked, or when the quantity of 3oungferrets becomes excessive, as withoutdoubt a large number of ferrets can bekept in these enclosures in greater comfort,in a more healthy condition, and wdthbetter success, than they can be kept inhutches or in small boxes. The inlet holebetween the sleeping and the exercise. YARDS OR COURTS 47 compartments, whether in yards, courts,hutches, or boxes, should always be fixedwith a movable slide door, which caneasily be shut or opened at will. Theadvantage of this will be found byany one who has had the slightestexperience, and really requires no explana-tion. Fig. 16 shows a range of improvedkennels with runs. These were built forterriers, but by applying the same altera-tions to them as suggested for Fig. 14an excellent range of ferret courts andyards w^ould result. The doors arearranged to open at the back andby lifting up the roofs, and the sleep-ing compartments are fitted throughoutwith sliding floors to facilitate inside view of these kennels iswell depicted in Fig. 17, which clearlydefines how^ the sliding floor is measurement of each kennel isabout 4 feet by 2 feet 9 inches. A verygood drawing of a double kennel, with 48 FERRETS covered-in courts, will be found in Fig. 18,which perhaps would run to more expense
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