colour change?

[fergie 0]

One of my polecats has gone realy dark, in the last few weeks she is eating well but she is also looking thin??

any ideas

[para1 11]

One of my polecats has gone realy dark, in the last few weeks she is eating well but she is also looking thin??

any ideas

 

sounds like its Moulting mate nothing to worry about

[fergie 0]

my jill exacly the same one day she was furry and light the next she was much darker and i thaght it was a different ferret altogether wit ha thin tale

she didn't go this dark last year though

 

thanlks for the replys i'm not worried as see seems fine eating and full of energy just wandering realy

[The one 8,493]

Ferrets will change as they get older most are silver's moulting out to near enough a b.e.w.

[Kay 3,709]

They do tend to go darker when they get there lighter summer coats , i suppose its like a camouflage thing where animals coats get lighter in the winter months so they can hide in the snow

 

Aslo as para pointed out the loosing weights pretty normal as well when they moult out the heavey winter coats

[Tumbleweed 1]

My polecat jill has gone much darker than last year. My silver could have been mistaken for a DEW a few weeks ago and now her fur is has got quite dark tipped. They also look really sleek in comparison to what they did.

Edited June 3, 2008 by Tumbleweed

[The one 8,493]

Ferrets look tidy in there summer moult but there next moults better then its time to get out ferreting