Black Ferrets.Do they exist????

[royboy 5]

In the Countrymans Weekly a few months ago ,there was an advertisment for black ferrets,and although i phoned several times and left a message i got no reply.Could this be i wonder because the black ferrets were actualy dark polecats or do these animals really exist.I have seen very dark youngsters with just a little white on there eyebrows but whether they moulted out lighter as they matured i dont know.I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has any black ferrets especialy if they have stock that is well handled and for sale.

[auld salmon 28]

wild polecats are mainly black

[FightTheBan 1,147]

I had a half cross wild polecat jill about 3 years ago (it was genuine because i seen the hob, which had been trapped). It was very dark, but ended up getting wrapped round a tree because it was a viscious fecker. Cant see the point in them realy, when theres still lines of good working ferrets available, for now.

The jill i had was absolutely awesome worker, would use its nose above ground, choose the best hole then enter. Could work massive sets on its own, was handy to have untill it started skulking and biting, diddnt last long after that.

[Brimmer 220]

Tomo off here has a jill thats very nearly black, ask him to post up the photo.

[jacrabbit 0]

iv seen this photo witch looks like a ferret but is ment to be a Konohorik hybrid, resulting from the cross between a polecat and a mink.

[royboy 5]

iv seen this photo witch looks like a ferret but is ment to be a Konohorik hybrid, resulting from the cross between a polecat and a mink.

What a beauty!Thanks for that.

[royboy 5]

I had a half cross wild polecat jill about 3 years ago (it was genuine because i seen the hob, which had been trapped). It was very dark, but ended up getting wrapped round a tree because it was a viscious fecker. Cant see the point in them realy, when theres still lines of good working ferrets available, for now.

The jill i had was absolutely awesome worker, would use its nose above ground, choose the best hole then enter. Could work massive sets on its own, was handy to have untill it started skulking and biting, diddnt last long after that.

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I agree that there is no use in keeping any ferret that cant be handled whatever its colour,and i have heard before about wild outcrosses.However,having bred lots of ferrets in recent years i am interested to find out for myself if it is the breeding or the handling of young stock that makes them what they are.Thanks for the input.

[lurcherchavvy 3]

found this online

 

[John Keswick 119]

Halfords, can of spray paint, jobs a gooden

[rangers 0]

found this online

 

 

i have two the spitting image of them.

[FightTheBan 1,147]

I had a half cross wild polecat jill about 3 years ago (it was genuine because i seen the hob, which had been trapped). It was very dark, but ended up getting wrapped round a tree because it was a viscious fecker. Cant see the point in them realy, when theres still lines of good working ferrets available, for now.

The jill i had was absolutely awesome worker, would use its nose above ground, choose the best hole then enter. Could work massive sets on its own, was handy to have untill it started skulking and biting, diddnt last long after that.

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I agree that there is no use in keeping any ferret that cant be handled whatever its colour,and i have heard before about wild outcrosses.However,having bred lots of ferrets in recent years i am interested to find out for myself if it is the breeding or the handling of young stock that makes them what they are.Thanks for the input.

 

It is definately the breeding, you need at least a quater cross, or even more dilute before they can effectively be worked and handled, but if you get a good one, youll know about it, theyre second to none. Personally i wouldnt go there again, breeding good workers to good workers is the way forward, not colour or looks.