Hi I work ferrets and while I agree if mice are the prey a ferret may kill and stash and kill and stash untill there is no more to stash why? simply a mouse is a snack not a main meal and they need to ensure there is always food available I have kept ferrets for 42 years ( I work breed show and judge them ) mine are all raw meat/ whole prey fed when out working my ferrets for rabbit ( rabbits are a pest in england ) i give them a light meal of scrambled egg prior to working why? simple if they get a kill underground and are hungry they will stay with this kill and eat there fill and then fall asleep ( which results in me locating it they all wear radio transmitters and digging it out along with a partialy eaten rabbit ) when a ferret goes to work without feeling hungry it simply chases the rabbits out of the warren into waiting nets they are then humainly dispatched by me to feed the ferrets on arrival home in all the years I have worked ferrets I have only known one ferret who made it his goal to kill and move on kill and move on and he was an exception maybe he liked to see how many he could kill only he knew that but he always stayed with it long enough for me to mark the spot and dig down and retrieve it and he was rewarded on his return home take care bye for now crazy lady [Posted in FML 6224]