If your ferrets have a habit of going down holes in the ground or into tight dark spaces in your garden or if you work with your ferrets out in the field then a ferret finder is a useful tool to have.

Ferret finders can be as simple as a small bell on a collar that makes a noise when the ferret moves and gives an indication to its location or it can be an electronic tranmitter worn around the ferrets neck used in conjunction with a handheld receiver.

These days electronic ferret finders are the most popular option due to their accuracy. Deben are the market leaders in ferret finders and have various models on the market. Their top of the range model – the Deben Ferret Finder 3 consists of a low profile transmitting collar that goes on the ferret and a hand held receiver with 10 LED lights that indicate distance from the collar on the ferret. The hand held Deben receiver also has a varying sounder that increases in pitch as the hand finder gets nearer to the ferret collar.

Typical range of Deben Ferret Finders is 16 feet with a super accurate locator mode of 8feet for close work and digging out.

Deben ferret finders have a unique design that allows it to detect the signal transmitted from the collar while rejecting interference from elsewhere. This, coupled with battery life of over 300 hours has made Deben the market leader in ferret and terrier finders.

With the addition of extra collars the Deben ferret finder can be used to locate more than one ferret at a time.