True Polecats

[oyama 27]

I noticed that in the cw there was an advert for polecat x ferrets.I've seen pictures of this x before, but are they any good rabbiting.I thought they may be a bit hard.any thoughts on true polecats or polecat x?

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

General concensus is that ye better off with purpose bred ferrets. Full stop.

[COMPO 54]

General concensus is that ye better off with purpose bred ferrets. Full stop.

 

 

Ferrets are bred to be slower and more methodical in their searching, thus bolting the rabbits.

 

Polecats need to be faster and catch and kill the rabbits to eat, thus meaning you would have a crap working ferret and would be digging fecking holes all the time to partially eaten rabbits, rather than bolting and catching clean rabbits.

 

What next wolf x greyhound lurchers???

[Guest Frank]

What next wolf x greyhound lurchers???

 

[para1 11]

No offence compo but i have favored polecats all my life for there greater speed! and dig rarely,

where do you get your information.The only plus for a white ferret is they can be seen in the undergrowth when they leave the berry before all the rabbets have bolted,( to often).

[ginge2k6 0]

No offence compo but i have favored polecats all my life for there greater speed! and dig rarely,

where do you get your information.The only plus for a white ferret is they can be seen in the undergrowth when they leave the berry before all the rabbets have bolted,( to often).

You're confusing polecat coloured ferrets with actual wild polecats, I don't think there is any differences beetween Polecat, Albino and silver ferrets its all down to the ferret itself.

[COMPO 54]

No offence compo but i have favored polecats all my life for there greater speed! and dig rarely,

where do you get your information.The only plus for a white ferret is they can be seen in the undergrowth when they leave the berry before all the rabbets have bolted,( to often).

 

 

i myself have three different colours within my 5 ferrets.

 

however i dont have any Polecats.....i have polecat coloured ferrets but not wild polecats cross domestic ferrets which is what the lad was on about

 

I have a mate whose Black, he couldn't survive in the african bush, but he looks just like the lads who can!

[john hubery 9]

This year I had a great idea, why not cross a wild pole cat in to my exellent line of working ferrets to make them better hunters???

A friend saved me a year by sorting me out with two first cross wild pole cat/ferrets thing could'nt get any better,they arrived no problems nice friendly easy to handle, spoke to a couple of hunters on another site about them some of how had tryed this cross them selves in the past, all of who said the sane thing give in before you go any further, my being stubern and Im sure most other folk in my place would have been the same, pushed on, the little criters where fast as lightening and would climb walls get and go any where, then one day out of the blue bang they turned in to demons you cant touch them, they shy away, I will not be using them in my breeding programe, and now see that I all ready have an exellent working line of ferrets and dont need to add the wild blood, no dowt there will be another like myself that knows better or will try it any way, after all I belive we all have to try these things for our selves, I have never worked them this year but will do just out of intrest, all I can say lads and lasses if you see them let them pass you by, but then Im sounding just like the people that talked to me as said before some of us just have to find out for our selves, if some one was after making a quick buck then Im sure if I lined 20 jill's with them I would be able to sell the young for daft money because belive me there are folk out there who will buy them get sick and move them on and they will get in to working lines of ferrets and I feel this is not a good thing, (from hind sight) like I say it ok me saying this but people will still want to try

[COMPO 54]

mine is mighty strong but not too fast he is if your working but otherwise dopey in the shed

 

 

There is an exception to every rule, and genetics are not that straight forward, perhaps yours threw more to teh tame ferret, or the wild polecat was not a wild polecat but a feral polecat coloured ferret?

[john hubery 9]

Is he a wild bred polecat or a domestic polecat willrenny

[ghengis 4]

had a poley x few years ago as a kit,handled it daily etc then when older decided to try it in a small bury,twas down the hole like grease lightening,worked like a seasoned pro,but could i pick the fekker up after ?? could i fekk it stood on its back legs like a little bear and was making a weird growling noise,i tried for about an hour with no luck. I think i`ll stick to the domestic ferrets.

[john hubery 9]

Ihave heard of a couple that are working ok but I have heard of a lot that are not

[FUBAR 0]

Interested to read you account John Hubery as I have a friend in Derbyshire that had 2 hobs and a Jill wild polecat/ ferret crosses the Jill was not a good mother but did manage to foster 3 kits onto another Jill . The hobs worked well the first season but during the summer overnight turned into spitting thumb crunchers.

He also gave up on the idea of incorporating wild blood into his working strain.

The three kits 1 hob and 2 jills are still under his scrutiny.

[john hubery 9]

fubar the guy that bred mine still has the pure wild hob this was tame when I first took my young on, I handled the hob he was tame as akitten great to handle solid had the feeling of, well like holding a fish not like a ferret at all, now when he trys to feed it he uses a welding glove and it trys to pull him in to the cage

[john hubery 9]

Yes I would compare it to holing a salmon and holding a beanbag, dont know if you noticed but they have blue eyes and mine wont look you in the eye, they look away all the time

Edited January 29, 2008 by john hubery