European Polecats

[Fat-Ferret 857]

I saw James McKay has advertised European Polecats in the CMW, Does anyone know anything about them and why anyone would keep them? Are they used for hunting or just as "Pets"

 

I know they are very skittish and hard to handle as well, But I was interested as to why he breeds and sells them and why people keep them. Is it necessary to have a license as well to keep one?

[Kay 3,709]

Rich the rabbiter postal order received & cashed , i have paid your money into the pay pal & forwared your address on as well

thanks Rich lovely handwriting by the way

 

 

How much is he asking for them to be honest if he is having to advertise them then they cant be that saught after

 

But there again he is '' the whisperer'' of every species known to man , self appointed of course

[Fat-Ferret 857]

I dont know how much they are, I just saw the Advert, European Polecats, James McKay

[Swampy 147]

The european Polecat (Mustela putorius), is nothing more than the wild polecat.

The domesticated version of the european polecat (Mustela putorius furo) is just your run of the mill polecat/ferret.

Don't be blagged by fancy names for common ferts.

 

rgds

 

Swampy

 

Ninging in latin

[The one 8,473]

As ive said before im no into gimics if you have good hard working ferrets why would you consider getting one ???

[Leeview 791]

James £££££££ Mckay

[The one 8,473]

Aint he top man at the british ferret school or something like that ??

[Leeview 791]

Aint he top man at the british ferret school or something like that ??

yes something of the kind charges £££££££to take people out ferreting, but reckons on making more £££££££ training animals for film work ie the owl in harry potter

Y.I.S Leeview

[ferreter.al 22]

alright mate,i had a conversation with james mckay a while back about pure poleys and he seemed discusted that we had even brought it up it the convo he said they were too skittish and wouldnt make good pets or workers at all!! so it is beyond me why he would be selling these that you are talking about.are you sure they were pure breads and not polecat type ferrets?? atvb

[Fat-Ferret 857]

Im not looking to buy one, I was just interested in why he was selling them, In any of his books I have read, he states that the wild polecat is a European Polecat and that a ferret, that I would call a polecat, Is not a polecat, Its a polecat coloured domesticated ferret! So if he's saying that, that means he's selling European Polecats, which he says are wild polecats....?

[comanche 2,954]

Maybe he is a middle-man and because he's known for his ferret stuff he's helping sell em (for a % maybe ). If he deals with film animals he probably has contacts with wildlife centres and the like . We all know what it is like having a litter of ferrets to find homes for . How much harder must it be having a litter of skittish ,nippy polecats to pass-on ?. I mean how many Eupopean Polecats does a man need ?

[droid 11]

But I was interested as to why he breeds and sells them

 

Because there's money to be made.

 

He's one of those people that I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire.

[Swampy 147]

But I was interested as to why he breeds and sells them

 

Because there's money to be made.

 

He's one of those people that I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire.

 

 

I hope you'd piss on me!

 

didn't quite mean it to come out like that

 

rgds

 

Swampy

 

ningingwet

[Swampy 147]

" Its a polecat coloured domesticated ferret!"

 

So a ferret isn't a pole cat????

It sounds like this bloke is talking bollox.

A ferret is a domesticated polecat. It is of the same genus.

Its like saying a cocker spainel isn't a spaniel because its different from a springer!

A ferret is not a sub species of the polecat!

My fert (which is getting better by the day, by the way) is a classic polecat "looking" fert. Size everything. Unless he wants to come round and do a DNA test on her and compare it with a wild polecat (whatever that is these days) Prove me wrong.......Oh and they make great working ferrets and pets. easily trained and very affectionate.

 

I think that as has been said before.........Money is the main motivator here and he's just dressing it up a bit!

 

Rgds

 

 

Swampy

 

Ninging undercover of work

[droid 11]

The only way of telling a Polecat from a ferret is by DNA analysis. And then, the only difference is in mitochondrial DNA, not the DNA in the cell nucleus. They are therefore, genetically, the same species.

 

The difference in mitochondrial DNA suggests that ferrets originated as hybrids between two closely related polecat species, or that a small amount of evolution/mutation has taken place, but far in the past. Given the very short generation time for ferrets, there's probably been in excess of 3000 generations of ferrets since they were first domesticated. In human terms, that would be a different species......

 

There's never a Crow around when you need one.....