What does a Silver Mitt look like?

[Netter 0]

Somebody rang me today as they knew I was a ferreter, and asked me where they could find a Silver Mitt ferret? They were disgusted with me when I said I didn't know what one looked like, and more or less told me that I knew nothing about ferrets.

So if somebody would be so kind as to show me what one looks like I would be much obliged. Thanks

[Kay 3,709]

mitts normally have a white bib, white feet or toes sometimes a dot on the insides of the back legs, ruby eyes & sometimes a white mark on the top off there heads, they come in silver sandy & poley colours with the added white bits basically

[Flying Ferrets 0]

A silver with mitts and bib.

You can find quite a few if you search in here I think.

 

And you dont have to know every colour to be a great ferret owner. I for one know every colour used in denmark but we don't always have the same definitions as you have.

 

what is poley?

 

edit: nevermind, Julia just told me it's sable (poley=polecat?)

Edited July 24, 2008 by Flying Ferrets

[Kay 3,709]

polecat coloured ferret

[scothunter 12,609]

i posted a thread yesterday showing my silver mitt others did aswell [bANNED TEXT]

[bowers1986 3]

CLICK HERE!!!!!

[Malt 379]

This is a Silver mitt. You can't see his bib in this shot, but when I sober up tomorrow, (My best man's birthday! )

I'll try to get one of his bib:

 

[Kay 3,709]

This is a Silver mitt. You can't see his bib in this shot, but when I sober up tomorrow, (My best man's birthday! )

I'll try to get one of his bib:

 

 

i can see a little white paw as well

[Malt 379]

He's got two white paws, and they're like shovels! I think he's going to be a big boy like his old man.

[Kay 3,709]

He's got two white paws, and they're like shovels! I think he's going to be a big boy like his old man.

 

I think he is going to be a bruiser

[stubby 175]

A silver with mitts and bib.

You can find quite a few if you search in here I think.

 

And you dont have to know every colour to be a great ferret owner. I for one know every colour used in denmark but we don't always have the same definitions as you have.

 

what is poley?

 

edit: nevermind, Julia just told me it's sable (poley=polecat?)

 

maybe we could do with a pinned section of pictures, colours and there respective names, as I never class sable as polecat, but a totally different colour, so it could easily get confussing through different regions/countries

they would need to be taken with as much of the ferret on show as possible, no hands in the way etc

anyone care to start it, and Ill pin it

[Kay 3,709]

As far as i am concerned this colour thing is very ''American'' and apart from albino & polecat anything inbetween is just coloured

the list will go on forever

chololate

sable

blaze

sandy

copper blah blah blah

 

show stuff pure & simple

 

do a simple google search & see the different specinines thats all come under one colour heading

 

it shouldnt effect the working ability

[stubby 175]

glad you said that kay thought it would interest a few, but now you say it, your right,

[Kay 3,709]

glad you said that kay thought it would interest a few, but now you say it, your right,

 

Some of the serious showees in the uk already have shows catered for every colour on the planet , a lot simply refer to the marking anyway like blaze & mitt , we all know thats something labeled as sandy can be anything from dirty ginger to a softer light tan colour they all get lumped in the sandy catergory

 

To be honest you would have to copy the info off an american site anyway , theres loads of sites with colour references on the net for the people who want to know

[olliedakennard 0]

Why cant you breed silver to silver?