european polecat x

[mikey88uk 0]

anyone got a european polecat x ferret if so what do they work like mate got some jills got about 2 weeks before there born just wondering what there gonna be like good working ferrets or killing machines? any ideas

Edited March 26, 2008 by mikey88uk

[Simoman 110]

How do you prove a Europen polecat isn't a feral ferret? I don't understand why anyone would want to change from anything other than a ferret which does the job just fine

[mikey88uk 0]

How do you prove a Europen polecat isn't a feral ferret? I don't understand why anyone would want to change from anything other than a ferret which does the job just fine

well to me it is just a ferret just bit bigger not trying to change it just trying to but back some of the hunting instinct back into the lost through genarations of breeding the polecats are wild came from a animal sanctury had no human cantact just the size of a cat

[Simoman 110]

If the ferrets are from workers then there is a good chance they will work, if its real deal polecat then getting them tame could be tricky.

[Kay 3,709]

How do you prove a Europen polecat isn't a feral ferret? I don't understand why anyone would want to change from anything other than a ferret which does the job just fine

 

Couldnt agree more

[mikey88uk 0]

If the ferrets are from workers then there is a good chance they will work, if its real deal polecat then getting them tame could be tricky.

yeah evan if the ferrets are good working you will still lose something evan if its not noticable. tameing them could be tricky but breed back to another ferret next year would help

[T78 4]

""just trying to but back some of the hunting instinct back into the lost through genarations of breeding"" get decent stock and they'll work well enough!!all my ferrets have quite enough "hunting instinct" for what i need them for. i think the problem with what you're talking about is that they'd work TOO well!! if you get my drift....

[mikey88uk 0]

""just trying to but back some of the hunting instinct back into the lost through genarations of breeding"" get decent stock and they'll work well enough!!all my ferrets have quite enough "hunting instinct" for what i need them for. i think the problem with what you're talking about is that they'd work TOO well!! if you get my drift....

yes exsactly what i mean and breeding them to a pc should slow'em down but still be top pugs. Who said anything about crap stock just a bit o breeding on the side

Edited March 26, 2008 by mikey88uk

[comanche 3,024]

""just trying to but back some of the hunting instinct back into the lost through genarations of breeding"" get decent stock and they'll work well enough!!all my ferrets have quite enough "hunting instinct" for what i need them for. i think the problem with what you're talking about is that they'd work TOO well!! if you get my drift....

yes exsactly what i mean and breeding them to a pc should slow'em down but still be top pugs. Who said anything about crap stock just a bit o breeding on the side

I'm not knocking you mate. If you have got a genuine polecat (I think experts can tell from skull details and seasonal colouring if I'm recalling something I read years ago.Possibly a Forestry Commission pamphlet?.) to use in the cross you might well end up with some skittish kits and adults that work so well they slaughter everything underground. Like I said though ,I'm not knocking you because if you are right about having a genuine polecat to hand the experiment will be interesting. If you check the "facts", keep proper records and ensure good, honest homes for the babies where their progress can be monitored for possibly the next few years and share the findings the scheme might have some merit.Please though do it properly so we can share the knowledge don't just do it ",to see what happens".

[whip 1]

oh god haven't we been here before, i think it's beavers next

[stubby 175]

[mikey88uk 0]

""just trying to but back some of the hunting instinct back into the lost through genarations of breeding"" get decent stock and they'll work well enough!!all my ferrets have quite enough "hunting instinct" for what i need them for. i think the problem with what you're talking about is that they'd work TOO well!! if you get my drift....

yes exsactly what i mean and breeding them to a pc should slow'em down but still be top pugs. Who said anything about crap stock just a bit o breeding on the side

I'm not knocking you mate. If you have got a genuine polecat (I think experts can tell from skull details and seasonal colouring if I'm recalling something I read years ago.Possibly a Forestry Commission pamphlet?.) to use in the cross you might well end up with some skittish kits and adults that work so well they slaughter everything underground. Like I said though ,I'm not knocking you because if you are right about having a genuine polecat to hand the experiment will be interesting. If you check the "facts", keep proper records and ensure good, honest homes for the babies where their progress can be monitored for possibly the next few years and share the findings the scheme might have some merit.Please though do it properly so we can share the knowledge don't just do it ",to see what happens".

it aint my breeding but we aint doing it 4 fun. could produce a good line of ferrets in years to come

[sue 1]

ive come across these crosses and i dont know of any what you can handle, even though they have been handled alot when kits . i wouldnt entertain them

[Kay 3,709]

ive come across these crosses and i dont know of any what you can handle, even though they have been handled alot when kits . i wouldnt entertain them

 

Same here Sue had come across loads over the years & there handshy at best

[bullsmilk 2]

surely the whole idea of domesticated ferrets is that they arnt killing machines????? the idea is to flush not kill thats why we use purse/long nets