black ferrets???

[ol26 2]

can anyone tell me about black ferrets? there dont seem to be many about, are they not a commom colour or a specific strain?

[sleepy_saluki 5]

dont hold me on this i think they some kind of EU polecat mate

[longnetter 32]

Most of the completely black ferrets I've seen have been bred down from wild polecat/ferret crosses (or that's the story) I've seen seversl supposedly 1st cross wild polecat/ferrets and they were all nasty little sods completely unhandable . I suppose this is why they are rare, also I think the demand is so great that if anyone is breeding black ferrets the kits are sold before they are born, which is probably why you don't see many about .

 

ATB

[sleepy_saluki 5]

aye polecats are mad as it is never mind wild blood in them nasty little fookers lol

[scothunter 12,609]

aye polecats are mad as it is never mind wild blood in them nasty little fookers lol

 

couldnt disagree more mate.if handled properly they are great.i have total trust in my poleys and had them since i was a kid.in fact the worse ferret bite i ever sustained was from a albino fert.b*****d bit to the bone.cold have killed the b*****d.

as for black ferts i heard somewhere that someone in some huntin or shooting mag was offering a thousand quid to anyone who could produce one.

think the point he was making is there no such thing.

Edited May 9, 2010 by scothunter

[Ideation 8,216]

Who gives a f*ck what color it is?

 

 

Jai.

[scothunter 12,609]

Who gives a f*ck what color it is?

are you american?

 

Jai.

[ol26 2]

interesting replies, cheers guys. - by the way the question was whether black ferrets were a different strain, not whether is was a good colour...

[chimp 299]

interesting replies, cheers guys. - by the way the question was whether black ferrets were a different strain, not whether is was a good colour...

 

 

lol nice reply

[fitchet 788]

i know someone who has a chocolate colour ferret its a shite worker though

[moses 5]

as far as i am aware there is no such thing as a PURE BLACK ferret they always carry some other marking. i may be wrong. there was a guy who used to advertise in the countrymans weekly offering money to whoever bred the first full black.

[Ideation 8,216]

Yer you can only get black 'looking' heavily marked polecats. Or you could find a black footed ferret? At least its feet would be the requisite color.

 

 

Jai.

[higgins 75]

Yer you can only get black 'looking' heavily marked polecats. Or you could find a black footed ferret? At least its feet would be the requisite color.

 

 

Jai.

Was speaking to an old friend yesterday(he's prone to exagerating lol)he swears he's had amongst others,

ferrets with webbed feet(asiatic ferret perhaps),polecats with albino eyes(i'd have thought impossible),

and some deep chocalate browns(various shbades of brown are possible).Just curious about the polecat with albino eyes,i'm sure this cannot happen as it's an albino gene.

Higgins

[Ideation 8,216]

Yer don't THINK polecat with red eyes is possible, but then again any mutation is techinclly possible i suppose. As for webbed feet, the Columbian Weasel has webbed feet and the European Mink has partly webbed feet . . . . ..

 

And yer the yanks breed all kinds of 'chocolate' coloured ferrets.

 

Jai.

[higgins 75]

Yer don't THINK polecat with red eyes is possible, but then again any mutation is techinclly possible i suppose. As for webbed feet, the Columbian Weasel has webbed feet and the European Mink has partly webbed feet . . . . ..

 

And yer the yanks breed all kinds of 'chocolate' coloured ferrets.

 

Jai.

What i mean about polecats with red eyes is that the mutation has not occurred yet,it has not been recorded

scientifically(as far as i know)hence why i think it is impossible for now,

Higgins.