semi wild

[hound 1]

its just a ferret

[diggermad 154]

hows its foot?

hi i have held him and touched his foot he doesn't pull it back or anything and the reason i think it could be wild or semi is that when my mate first caught it which is nearly 2 weeks ago it was snarling at him and very scared but i've been handling him everyday since, its still abit scared and nervous cheers

[TOMO 26,004]

heres my captive bred euro poley jill and hob

 

 

that is one fat ferret , sorry to sound negative in one of your first posts. but feed it less

[fatelvis 0]

hi got this polecat hob given to me by a mate who caught it in a fenn mark 6 trap he thinks it was in the trap for less than 15 mins otherwise if in trap any longer it would of died been treating it for ticks really bad ears really dirty cut its nails will not eat dry food or drink out of water bottle been eating half a rabbit a day looking a lot better now only worry is any damage to ferret being caught in a fenn tried rspca they dont want to know vet wants £18 or more just to look at him cant really afford that type of money any ideas of any ferret rescues nr where i live in (cheshire) who will check him over does anybody think he looks a pure wild polecat or a ferret gone missing while out ferreting i want to keep him to breed off and finally work him cheers

he has the face markings of a euro polecat and from what u said about drinking and eating could be i think he is a hybrid ferret x polecat myself aqnd if u can handal him hes not that wild

[diggermad 154]

hi got this polecat hob given to me by a mate who caught it in a fenn mark 6 trap he thinks it was in the trap for less than 15 mins otherwise if in trap any longer it would of died been treating it for ticks really bad ears really dirty cut its nails will not eat dry food or drink out of water bottle been eating half a rabbit a day looking a lot better now only worry is any damage to ferret being caught in a fenn tried rspca they dont want to know vet wants £18 or more just to look at him cant really afford that type of money any ideas of any ferret rescues nr where i live in (cheshire) who will check him over does anybody think he looks a pure wild polecat or a ferret gone missing while out ferreting i want to keep him to breed off and finally work him cheers

he has the face markings of a euro polecat and from what u said about drinking and eating could be i think he is a hybrid ferret x polecat myself aqnd if u can handal him hes not that wild

cheers mate i know what you're saying but is that only because i have been handling everyday since because when i go to his hutch he's out of his sleeping area abit but as soon as i go near he shoots right back in cheers mate

[sue 1]

crap ,its a ferret

[amh 0]

no mate these are ferrets, the others are captive bred pure poleys

[para1 11]

hi got this polecat hob given to me by a mate who caught it in a fenn mark 6 trap he thinks it was in the trap for less than 15 mins otherwise if in trap any longer it would of died been treating it for ticks really bad ears really dirty cut its nails will not eat dry food or drink out of water bottle been eating half a rabbit a day looking a lot better now only worry is any damage to ferret being caught in a fenn tried rspca they dont want to know vet wants £18 or more just to look at him cant really afford that type of money any ideas of any ferret rescues nr where i live in (cheshire) who will check him over does anybody think he looks a pure wild polecat or a ferret gone missing while out ferreting i want to keep him to breed off and finally work him cheers

 

That is a polecat ferret.Kay where was this population of wild polecats (just county will be close enough).

[Kay 3,709]

hi got this polecat hob given to me by a mate who caught it in a fenn mark 6 trap he thinks it was in the trap for less than 15 mins otherwise if in trap any longer it would of died been treating it for ticks really bad ears really dirty cut its nails will not eat dry food or drink out of water bottle been eating half a rabbit a day looking a lot better now only worry is any damage to ferret being caught in a fenn tried rspca they dont want to know vet wants £18 or more just to look at him cant really afford that type of money any ideas of any ferret rescues nr where i live in (cheshire) who will check him over does anybody think he looks a pure wild polecat or a ferret gone missing while out ferreting i want to keep him to breed off and finally work him cheers

 

That is a polecat ferret.Kay where was this population of wild polecats (just county will be close enough).

 

Para it was Shropshire /Staffordshire border , the animal was clipped by a car as i recall & treated at a vet somewhere i just expected a ferret to be dropped off , this wasnt a ferret , that became obvious after it had been here a few days & bit me like no other bite i have had in my life , once i secured it it was fairly easy to look after , wouldnt touch anything other that fur & feather , wouldnt drink from a bottle & it screamed & backed up a corner in the sleeping box spitting venum once it got its barings , i had a gamekeeper friend drop off a turkey he ran over somewhere on his rounds & it was huge so i managed to hack off some for this polecat, it ate very little to start with as i recall , but seemed to favor rabbit , i cant remember exactly when it was but in the last 10 yrs

 

It took 2 of us to get it out of the cage to take it & meet a forsetry commission worker who said there was a good supply off food & other polecats in the area , it wasn't until i saw it go i realised how big it was , it had been curled up in the cage as it was only active after dark & if you went out to it it just scattered back in the sleeping area

[Dowen Pest Control Solutions 0]

Heres a couple of pictures of my wild nasty polecat stick your hand in his cage he would have it off

 

 

 

Sorry couldent resist only joking but as people have said if it was caught in a Fenn trap it would be dead or seriously injured and even if it was semi wild there is no way you would be able to hold it like that its probably been lost by someone rabbitting.

[droid 11]

The only conclusive way of proving that an animal is a polecat is by mitochondrial DNA analysis.

You can't go by looks because a fair proportion of the 'wild polecat' population are hybrids with feral ferret populations.

[TOMO 26,004]

no mate these are ferrets, the others are captive bred pure poleys

 

 

what??????????????

 

are you saying that evry thing polecat coloured is a captive bred pure poley. and evrything light,cream or white is a ferret??????

 

because if you are , your very much mistaken

[TOMO 26,004]

no mate these are ferrets, the others are captive bred pure poleys

 

 

what??????????????

 

are you saying that evry thing polecat coloured is a captive bred pure poley. and evrything light,cream or white is a ferret??????

 

because if you are , your very much mistaken

[The one 8,457]

Got to agree with Tomo and Droid the only way to know for sure is D.N. A. testing so just show the test results

[will.f11 24]

I think the markings on the face are a bit light for a polecat at this time of year. if thats any help.