Working Ferrets - Thumbing and Legging
The following photographs are taken from "The Complete Book of Ferrets" by Porter & Brown and appear by kind permission of the publishers:-
Setting purse nets
Humanely dispatching the catch
Paunching
Skinning & Jointing
(above) Thumbing: use your thumb to express the dead rabbit's urine.
(above) Legging 1: Make a slit in one hind leg between the tendon and bone.
(above) Legging 2: Then push the other hind foot through the slit and nick it above the heel to secure it.
(above & below) Legging 3 & 4: Hang rabbits on a pole for easier carrying.
