Summer Coats

[ferretess 230]

The ferrets summer coats coming through ferrets are molting and there changing

When I was down visiting someone down selby way she took me to a guy that had ferrets for sale wanted a couple of fresh blood, well this was ment to be a Black eyed white it was until it was about 3 months old and changed a lot now he is changing again

and now he's got spots

 

i've seen ferrets with black lines down the back but one of my other ones has a white yin

[SEAN3513 7]

unusual tessy

 

wonder what colour they will end up ????

[Ideation 8,216]

"Waardenburg syndrome is known to occur in ferrets. The affected animal will usually have a small white stripe along the top of its head or a solid white head and a somewhat, although barely noticeably, flatter skull than normal ferrets. As a ferret's sense of hearing is poor to begin with it is not easily noticeable except for when the affected animal does not react to loud noises that non-affected ones will respond to. As the disorder is easily spread to offspring, the affected animal will not be used for breeding by private, reputable breeders, although it may still be neutered and sold as a pet. Unfortunately, companies that mass breed and sell to pet stores consider the markings caused by the disorder "exotic" when compared to the standard sable ferrets, so they continue to breed deaf ferrets with no regard to the fact that they are producing deaf ferrets. As a result, 75% of ferrets with a blaze or white head sold from pet stores are deaf.[7]"

[SEAN3513 7]

"Waardenburg syndrome is known to occur in ferrets. The affected animal will usually have a small white stripe along the top of its head or a solid white head and a somewhat, although barely noticeably, flatter skull than normal ferrets. As a ferret's sense of hearing is poor to begin with it is not easily noticeable except for when the affected animal does not react to loud noises that non-affected ones will respond to. As the disorder is easily spread to offspring, the affected animal will not be used for breeding by private, reputable breeders, although it may still be neutered and sold as a pet. Unfortunately, companies that mass breed and sell to pet stores consider the markings caused by the disorder "exotic" when compared to the standard sable ferrets, so they continue to breed deaf ferrets with no regard to the fact that they are producing deaf ferrets. As a result, 75% of ferrets with a blaze or white head sold from pet stores are deaf.[7]"

 

interesting

[Ideation 8,216]

You see a lot of these skinny, pale, almost blueish looking ferrets about, seen a few on here, and they defiantly have it mate. The big problem is its too easy to breed ferrets and most dont no much about them in reality, and breed specimens that probably shouldnt be adding their blood to the gene pool.

[SEAN3513 7]

You see a lot of these skinny, pale, almost blueish looking ferrets about, seen a few on here, and they defiantly have it mate. The big problem is its too easy to breed ferrets and most dont no much about them in reality, and breed specimens that probably shouldnt be adding their blood to the gene pool.

 

 

and i guess nobody picks up on the deafness ??

[Ideation 8,216]

You see a lot of these skinny, pale, almost blueish looking ferrets about, seen a few on here, and they defiantly have it mate. The big problem is its too easy to breed ferrets and most dont no much about them in reality, and breed specimens that probably shouldnt be adding their blood to the gene pool.

 

 

and i guess nobody picks up on the deafness ??

 

 

Hard to tell with ferrets for the most part mate, especially if you don't have many, or you havn't had many, you probably assume it's normal. They are very good with their sense of smell etc. I have a blind old girl here, works fine, runs about the court fine, does everything the other ferrets do. But you need to speak to her when you approach her. And she knows the difference between me and my friends, my girlfriend or my old man, by voice and smell.

 

I'm also myself not 100% sure it always causes total deafness, but it definatly weakens the body in general.imo.

[SEAN3513 7]

 

i see it also occurs in humans

 

like dickie davis

[Guest jt750]

I change my coat in summer too ...from red in winter to pink in summer

[Ideation 8,216]

Aye mate it does, i think my nan had it, so i'm f****d. Well she had black hair with a white badger streak!

[Ideation 8,216]

These conditions of course are WAY more prevalent in BEW and silver ferrets.

 

Out of interest can anyone tell me when they first came across a BEW / Silver / Mit type 'working ferret'.

 

Because up until i signed up on here i had never seen one, every working ferret i had ever met in my life was -

 

Albino.

Polecat.

Or

Sandy.

 

And that was it!

[Guest jt750]

These conditions of course are WAY more prevalent in BEW and silver ferrets.

 

Out of interest can anyone tell me when they first came across a BEW / Silver / Mit type 'working ferret'.

 

Because up until i signed up on here i had never seen one, every working ferret i had ever met in my life was -

 

Albino.

Polecat.

Or

Sandy.

 

And that was it!

 

I seen BEW sandy's silver's/mitts 15 years ago ..tends to be the broken polecat gene from what i understand

 

 

 

 

[Ideation 8,216]

These conditions of course are WAY more prevalent in BEW and silver ferrets.

 

Out of interest can anyone tell me when they first came across a BEW / Silver / Mit type 'working ferret'.

 

Because up until i signed up on here i had never seen one, every working ferret i had ever met in my life was -

 

Albino.

Polecat.

Or

Sandy.

 

And that was it!

 

I seen BEW sandy's silver's/mitts 15 years ago ..tends to be the broken polecat gene from what i understand

 

 

Fair play.

 

I know they have been around for years in the pet trade, especially in America.

 

But until i got on here i never realised that folk actually worked them.

[ferretess 230]

"Waardenburg syndrome is known to occur in ferrets. The affected animal will usually have a small white stripe along the top of its head or a solid white head and a somewhat, although barely noticeably, flatter skull than normal ferrets. As a ferret's sense of hearing is poor to begin with it is not easily noticeable except for when the affected animal does not react to loud noises that non-affected ones will respond to. As the disorder is easily spread to offspring, the affected animal will not be used for breeding by private, reputable breeders, although it may still be neutered and sold as a pet. Unfortunately, companies that mass breed and sell to pet stores consider the markings caused by the disorder "exotic" when compared to the standard sable ferrets, so they continue to breed deaf ferrets with no regard to the fact that they are producing deaf ferrets. As a result, 75% of ferrets with a blaze or white head sold from pet stores are deaf.[7]"

 

Question for ya ,, the ferret is a albino that has the white stripe , thought waardenburg syndrome only effected coloured ferrets ?????

[Ideation 8,216]

"Waardenburg syndrome is known to occur in ferrets. The affected animal will usually have a small white stripe along the top of its head or a solid white head and a somewhat, although barely noticeably, flatter skull than normal ferrets. As a ferret's sense of hearing is poor to begin with it is not easily noticeable except for when the affected animal does not react to loud noises that non-affected ones will respond to. As the disorder is easily spread to offspring, the affected animal will not be used for breeding by private, reputable breeders, although it may still be neutered and sold as a pet. Unfortunately, companies that mass breed and sell to pet stores consider the markings caused by the disorder "exotic" when compared to the standard sable ferrets, so they continue to breed deaf ferrets with no regard to the fact that they are producing deaf ferrets. As a result, 75% of ferrets with a blaze or white head sold from pet stores are deaf.[7]"

 

Question for ya ,, the ferret is a albino that has the white stripe , thought waardenburg syndrome only effected coloured ferrets ?????

 

I wasn't saying that ferret had it, i was just giving the info for general curiosity.

 

Out of interest how can you see a white stripe on an albino ferret?