Ideation 8,216 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 FACT OF THE MATTER IS, 99% A PEOPLE THINK THEY HAVE E.U POLECATS OR CROSSES WHEN IN FACT THEY HAVE DARK FERRETS WITHOUT A CAPTIVE BRED, DNA TESTED POLECAT, KNOW BODY KNOWS WHAT THEY GOT A LOT A SHITE TO SELL MORE KITTS Those first 2 lines and last line are spot on DNA testing? tells you their relatives(parents and siblings)full stop, it cant tell you its a domestic polecat or a wild eu polecat as a parent. Y.I.S Leeview Correct, DNA test don't work as they are so genetically similar (hybrids and pures that is). And as all ferrets are effectively polecat-hybrids. . . . . Quote Link to post
f mac 40 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 as long as there buyers there will be sellers Quote Link to post
DottyDoo 500 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 FACT OF THE MATTER IS, 99% A PEOPLE THINK THEY HAVE E.U POLECATS OR CROSSES WHEN IN FACT THEY HAVE DARK FERRETS WITHOUT A CAPTIVE BRED, DNA TESTED POLECAT, KNOW BODY KNOWS WHAT THEY GOT A LOT A SHITE TO SELL MORE KITTS Those first 2 lines and last line are spot on DNA testing? tells you their relatives(parents and siblings)full stop, it cant tell you its a domestic polecat or a wild eu polecat as a parent. Y.I.S Leeview Correct, DNA test don't work as they are so genetically similar (hybrids and pures that is). And as all ferrets are effectively polecat-hybrids. . . . . i stand corrected Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,594 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I don't see what everyones getting so wound up about to be honest. If someone wants to breed bootlace ferrets or greyhound ferrets or whatever the hell they want to call them, and there are people that actually pay extra to buy them then leave them to it, if someone wants to shell out 50 quid just so they can have something that looks a bit different then fine. It's not doing anyone else any harm and if someone wants a genuine worker and has their head screwed on then they won't fall for all this bollocks and will buy a normal ferret from someone who they know works them. The fact is that most ferrets will bolt rabbits, whatever they're called or whatever they look like. Most of them won't be amazing workers but I don't think most people are that arsed, or would even know whether or not they had brilliant workers. Most people are happy just getting out there and bolting a few rabbits. While there are people out there that will pay a bit extra for something that looks a bit different (which there always will be) then you'll get people that breed these fancy ferrets and will claim they're amazing workers or are somehow different to normal ferrets. If people believe that and go and buy one then fine, let them be. 1 Quote Link to post
Leeview 791 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I don't see what everyones getting so wound up about to be honest. If someone wants to breed bootlace ferrets or greyhound ferrets or whatever the hell they want to call them, and there are people that actually pay extra to buy them then leave them to it, if someone wants to shell out 50 quid just so they can have something that looks a bit different then fine. It's not doing anyone else any harm and if someone wants a genuine worker and has their head screwed on then they won't fall for all this bollocks and will buy a normal ferret from someone who they know works them. The fact is that most ferrets will bolt rabbits, whatever they're called or whatever they look like. Most of them won't be amazing workers but I don't think most people are that arsed, or would even know whether or not they had brilliant workers. Most people are happy just getting out there and bolting a few rabbits. While there are people out there that will pay a bit extra for something that looks a bit different (which there always will be) then you'll get people that breed these fancy ferrets and will claim they're amazing workers or are somehow different to normal ferrets. If people believe that and go and buy one then fine, let them be. Some very valid points there Rob,but a newbie starting out paying over the odds believing he/she's getting a ferret thats that good because they're something that they're aren't and breeds from them and so on HONESTY goes out of the window when big money's to be made Y.I.S Leeview Quote Link to post
akton 15 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 good post eu polecat = ££££££££££££££££s Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,594 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I don't see what everyones getting so wound up about to be honest. If someone wants to breed bootlace ferrets or greyhound ferrets or whatever the hell they want to call them, and there are people that actually pay extra to buy them then leave them to it, if someone wants to shell out 50 quid just so they can have something that looks a bit different then fine. It's not doing anyone else any harm and if someone wants a genuine worker and has their head screwed on then they won't fall for all this bollocks and will buy a normal ferret from someone who they know works them. The fact is that most ferrets will bolt rabbits, whatever they're called or whatever they look like. Most of them won't be amazing workers but I don't think most people are that arsed, or would even know whether or not they had brilliant workers. Most people are happy just getting out there and bolting a few rabbits. While there are people out there that will pay a bit extra for something that looks a bit different (which there always will be) then you'll get people that breed these fancy ferrets and will claim they're amazing workers or are somehow different to normal ferrets. If people believe that and go and buy one then fine, let them be. Some very valid points there Rob,but a newbie starting out paying over the odds believing he/she's getting a ferret thats that good because they're something that they're aren't and breeds from them and so on HONESTY goes out of the window when big money's to be made Y.I.S Leeview yeah, I suppose so....but a newbie would probably still be happy with what they were getting, because like I say, pretty much any ferret would bolt rabbits, I'm yet to see one that doesn't! Let's face it, even if a newbie paid as much as 50 quid for a ferret he liked the look of, it's not exactly thousands is it. And a newbie that just buys on the back of one persons sales pitch rather than doing some proper research doesn't deserve a brilliant worker anyway! I know what you're saying but I just don't think they're doing as much harm as say, someone who's churning out lurchers from shit dogs, or terriers from dogs that don't do the business. Quote Link to post
Meroman 105 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Right!! I have bittten my lip for long enough!! A ferret is a bleedin ferret !! ALL this pish about euro poleys,, silver mit ,, grey hound bootlace cuntfucks!! has to stop!! This is a HUNTING site!! that is all that counts,, do you have a ferret that works ??????? that is all you have to ask yourself.. Never mind what colour it is!! or what shape it is,, thats all bollocks!!!!! does it put rabbits in the freezer??????f If not! then why the fuckdo you keep it ???? just to make cash off the kitts?????? if so yer a twat,,and yeh can piss of to a pets for sale site!! Come on people!! GET A GRIP!!! FERRETS ARE FOR HUNTING!!!!!!!! WHO CARES WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE!!!! Jeez get a grip!! ATB Straight to the point I cannot argue with your sentiment... Quote Link to post
martnmagik 68 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 the way i see it is ferrets have been around for..... well, forever! and have been used to bolt rabbits to nets,dogs guns for the same length of time and have proven they are up to the job SO WHY CHANGE WHATS NOT BROKEN? im with you all the way rake aboot a ferrets a ferret and if it works and works well, thats that. do you only us 1st gear in your car , time to take to the next gear 2nd witch is the eu polecat ,keep your albeano lol thats bad breeding if a dog had albeano pup every time she had pup what would you do yeah your right you be getting the 12 bore out lol.and yes ferrets have been around for 100 s of years and there was NO ALBEANO ALBEANOS ARE FROM DAD BREEDING who mentiond albino? just because a ferret may be albino dosnt mean it cant and wont work colour makes no difference. i just dont see why the need to cross a wild polecat to a good working strain of ferret(whatever the colour......it seems to me that things that are black are just the latest IN THING! so while your standing ther trying to prize your wild eu polcat off your fingers ill be bagging up probabley not a good working strain bud thats why there ading eu so why choose a WILD eu polecat and not put some effort into finding a GOOD proven worker to breed with? at least you know what you will be getting and not taking a chance? Quote Link to post
The one 8,487 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Somebody need's to tell old Atenbrough hes thinking the Eu Polecats rare and there must be more in hutches all over the country so guys can breed there crosses ,than there are running about in the wild Quote Link to post
Tiercel 6,986 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) do you only us 1st gear in your car , time to take to the next gear 2nd witch is the eu polecat ,keep your albeano lol thats bad breeding if a dog had albeano pup every time she had pup what would you do yeah your right you be getting the 12 bore out lol.and yes ferrets have been around for 100 s of years and there was NO ALBEANO ALBEANOS ARE FROM DAD BREEDING What a load of bollocks. As has been stated ferrets have been used for centuaries. The oldest referance I can find for them is Stabo in his "Geographica" written in 9 BC describes how people of the Gymnesian Islands (present day Balearic Islands) breeding Libyan ferrets which they muzzled and sent into holes to bolt the rabbits. Gengis Khan was known to go ferreting. There are tapestries, drawings and paintings starting from the 12th century depicting ferreting with both polecat coloured ferrets and albino ferrets. Queen Marys Psalter written in the 14th centuary has drawings of maidens ferreting with what looks like a sandy coloured ferret. Around the same time the Sherborne Missal depicts two greyhound type dogs chasing a rabbit with a albino ferret beneath them. This painting painted in the early 1600's depicts a ferreter using a white ferret and what appears to be a quick set long net. So you my friend are compleatly wrong about the albino ferret. TC Edited July 9, 2011 by tiercel 2 Quote Link to post
web22 27 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 do you only us 1st gear in your car , time to take to the next gear 2nd witch is the eu polecat ,keep your albeano lol thats bad breeding if a dog had albeano pup every time she had pup what would you do yeah your right you be getting the 12 bore out lol.and yes ferrets have been around for 100 s of years and there was NO ALBEANO ALBEANOS ARE FROM DAD BREEDING What a load of bollocks. As has been stated ferrets have been used for centuaries. The oldest referance I can find for them is Stabo in his "Geographica" written in 9 BC describes how people of the Gymnesian Islands (present day Balearic Islands) breeding Libyan ferrets which they muzzled and sent into holes to bolt the rabbits. Gengis Khan was known to go ferreting. There are tapestries, drawings and paintings starting from the 12th century depicting ferreting with both polecat coloured ferrets and albino ferrets. Queen Mary’s Psalter written in the 14th centuary has drawings of maidens ferreting with what looks like a sandy coloured ferret. Around the same time the Sherborne Missal depicts two greyhound type dogs chasing a rabbit with a albino ferret benath them. This painting painted in the early 1600's depicts a ferreter using a white ferret and what appears to be a quick set long net. So you my friend are compleatly wrong about the albino ferret. TC :clapper: Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,594 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 do you only us 1st gear in your car , time to take to the next gear 2nd witch is the eu polecat ,keep your albeano lol thats bad breeding if a dog had albeano pup every time she had pup what would you do yeah your right you be getting the 12 bore out lol.and yes ferrets have been around for 100 s of years and there was NO ALBEANO ALBEANOS ARE FROM DAD BREEDING What a load of bollocks. As has been stated ferrets have been used for centuaries. The oldest referance I can find for them is Stabo in his "Geographica" written in 9 BC describes how people of the Gymnesian Islands (present day Balearic Islands) breeding Libyan ferrets which they muzzled and sent into holes to bolt the rabbits. Gengis Khan was known to go ferreting. There are tapestries, drawings and paintings starting from the 12th century depicting ferreting with both polecat coloured ferrets and albino ferrets. Queen Mary’s Psalter written in the 14th centuary has drawings of maidens ferreting with what looks like a sandy coloured ferret. Around the same time the Sherborne Missal depicts two greyhound type dogs chasing a rabbit with a albino ferret beneath them. This painting painted in the early 1600's depicts a ferreter using a white ferret and what appears to be a quick set long net. So you my friend are compleatly wrong about the albino ferret. TC Good find I like that bottom pic!! Quote Link to post
KittleRox 2,147 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Very interesting Tiercel Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 So nobody wants to buy some Angora x EU Polecats for £300 then Quote Link to post
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