Greyhound ferret?

[ferreterno1 0]

ive seen a few small ones in the past i think its a mixture of inbreeding and breeding runt to runt to get these small type

theres nothing wrong with them though

[smudgersmith 2]

Here in Hampshire I hear the term “whippet ferret†all the time, I’ve been out with the boys and to be honest the “whippet ferrets†always look half starved to me. !

 

My last litter produced 7 good hard working jills, to look at them you would never believe they were sisters, the difference in size is noticeable, this is either a fluke of nature or certain jills are more dominant in their feeding habits :thumbs-up:

 

My observations only.

[Kay 3,709]

  Ossie said:

i've heard of greyhound ferrets, and like FL says, they were long thin ones. personally i think girth is more important than length :whistle:

 

[Kay 3,709]

  smudgersmith said:

Here in Hampshire I hear the term “whippet ferret†all the time, I’ve been out with the boys and to be honest the “whippet ferrets†always look half starved to me. !

 

My last litter produced 7 good hard working jills, to look at them you would never believe they were sisters, the difference in size is noticeable, this is either a fluke of nature or certain jills are more dominant in their feeding habits :thumbs-up:

 

My observations only.

 

Good point smudger, i have had a dozon ferrets in a court in the past & it became evident to me that one smaller hob was not being allowed to eat what he wanted, he wasnt skin & bone by any means ,but the 4 jills in the court ruledb the roost & i noted the behaviour more so after the V hob had done his job.

 

Dragging him away from the food & generally doing what hormonal jills do, but once i removed him & another older hob & placed them in a cage of there own he put on weight & soon became his old self again

 

But i think just the feel of a ferret tells you a lot, older ferrets feel boney as i suspect when they become less active they loose muscle ?