mickteesside 1 Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 just wondered if any one has had black ferrets ? ive got 3 what appear to be pure black ferrets dont have masks there only kits but time will tell just wondered if anyone has heard of this Quote Link to post
ferretertom 7 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 As they grow older they moult out lighter and useally gtet a mask you wont get a black ferret if you do it wont be 100% pure ferret. Quote Link to post
Ashover rabbit dogs 76 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 my mrs breeds black ferrets and hers tend to look like mink when they have grown. the only marks on theyre faces are the white chin and bib. but most tend to get masks. oh yea my mrs arnt pure ferrets. Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 my mrs breeds black ferrets and hers tend to look like mink when they have grown. the only marks on theyre faces are the white chin and bib. but most tend to get masks. oh yea my mrs arnt pure ferrets. What are they then? Quote Link to post
turbotyke 62 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 my mrs breeds black ferrets and hers tend to look like mink when they have grown. the only marks on theyre faces are the white chin and bib. but most tend to get masks. oh yea my mrs arnt pure ferrets. i used my brothers mrs's black hob on my polecat jill and she had seven kits all came out black all my old ferrets have gone now but iv got two jills on order out of one of the kits i bred about three year back so im looking forward to haveing the old line back Quote Link to post
mickteesside 1 Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 i only asked as i hadnt seen a black ferret before lol Quote Link to post
kevin from bristol 95 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 you can get them but not often completely black i once thought i had one but as it grew a bit i had a bib of white i was gutted as there was no sign of this as a kit Quote Link to post
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 no such thing as a pure black ferret Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 no such thing as a pure black ferret Good job too, seems there's enough folk into ferrets for the £££££ now as it is.. Quote Link to post
mickteesside 1 Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 will find out when they get older how they moult out and if a bib or mask appears but as it stands they haent got either Quote Link to post
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 no such thing as a pure black ferret Good job too, seems there's enough folk into ferrets for the £££££ now as it is.. exactly kept them for years and nethere certainly no money making animal. im also astounded at the amount of kits theee are this year. Quote Link to post
mickteesside 1 Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 scot ferret if your so called dig about people breeding ferrets for the cash is aimed at me then your sadly mistaken if i had had my way they wouldnt even be any kits but seen as though t he jill and 2 hobs where dumped on my door step and the jill was already in season when i had recived them points to the fact that the person who did dump them had them either alltogether or had put them together to breed Quote Link to post
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 scot ferret if your so called dig about people breeding ferrets for the cash is aimed at me then your sadly mistaken if i had had my way they wouldnt even be any kits but seen as though t he jill and 2 hobs where dumped on my door step and the jill was already in season when i had recived them points to the fact that the person who did dump them had them either alltogether or had put them together to breed i can assure you that it was not aimed at you. couldnt care less what people do.was just an observation in general. Quote Link to post
Ashover rabbit dogs 76 Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 my mrs breeds black ferrets and hers tend to look like mink when they have grown. the only marks on theyre faces are the white chin and bib. but most tend to get masks. oh yea my mrs arnt pure ferrets. What are they then? supposedly they have mink in them, when crossed to ferrets they produced blacks but not solid black. but when line bred the look just like mink. Quote Link to post
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