they were bred from polecats, but the mother was an albino, so that's where Pudding (bottom) gets his cinnamon colours from.
Minion is more of a sable polecat, and we have a third, Chocolate, who's actually a Chocolate ferret (colour wise).
Chocolate, is camera shy, he's the runt of his litter and is very skittish and frightens easily, but he'll happily sleep on my lap while i play with my computer
I thought you had a kid for a second... and then I thought your kid was damn ugly, but then I realized that is was just a ferret... and then my heart melted.
yup, had to drive all the way across the country for them, but the guy who breeds them lives in Somerset where i grew up. so we were talking about all the fields he took the mum hunting wabbits in etc.
Very cute Gir! My girlfriend has a 2 1/2 year old here that is loads of fun...most of the time :poly124:.
@ Johny - From my experience, I see them at places like petco (big chain pet store) going for $150-$175 most of the time. From a breeder I would assume it would be a lot more.
we're letting them explore more and more of the house at the moment. we've ferret proofed as best we can, making sure they can't get behind the tv set, or into the kitchen.
they love playing on the grass in the garden, so i'm thinking of building them a ferret run.
if anyone could offer some advice on the runt though, that would be awesome. he's adorable, and it's quite clear that he enjoys being a pet, but he gets frightened very very easily, and once he's scared he goes into this skatty mode where he bounces around, and nibbles/nips at you a lot more. this in turn scares our youngest kid (who's 5) who then starts crying, which aggrivates the ferret even more.
both the larger ferrets are very docile and don't do much in the way of biting, ever. they nibble a little bit but as soon as they taste human fingers they stop as if to say "wait that's not food!".
hopefully the runt will mellow out a little, i love him to bits
you have to discipline him, when he bites grab him by the loose skin behind his neck and say "NO!" until he yawns , if he yawns he recognizes you as "dominant" and will behave , but they nibble as kits very commonly so dont worry much about it
ah i hate those things. my friend had one. it was albino, old, shedding its fur, and it had cancer or something. this one looks healthy though, so its not too bad
i think they're wonderful, they're very smart, they recognise our doors as "weak points" in the walls, and try to tunnel under them. they seem to think the furnature in our house is a giant obstacle course to conquer :P
I think males tend to smell a little more then females but all have a smell to them, you'll know if it bothers you after being around them, its kind of hard to miss. Even if you get the main glads removed, they still have skin glads that produce the same oils onto their skin/fur.
I friend of mine had a very jittery ferret and he wasn't "fixed" and he was the stinkiest ferret I've been around. I think he also made the mistake of bathing it often when it was younger and that may have made things worse (jitters and smell).
He was still a fun little guy to be around.
Either way I think females are the way to go both in temperament and in terms of smell. But that's just my limited experience, never owned one myself.
these guys don't smell any more than a wet dog to me, and even then i don't find it that bad. they have showers every week and they actually enjoy it!
the smell factor comes in 2 forms: firstly, when they're in season, so if you haven't had them snipped, they'll spray for territory and to try to find a mate. second, when they're scared, they'll spray. they're related to skunks, after all.
there's no reason at all to get their musk glands removed, and that's actually considdered a mutilation in some countries (i believe in some euro countries they just don't do it at all). get them neutored and solve all your problems, they won't spray in season, and they also won't fight for dominance as much
So it turns out they are illegal in New Zealand. Bullshit! They are afraid they will kill our birdlife, despite the fact domesticated ones apparently cannot survive in the wild, and we already have cats and dogs which eat birds.
Sorry for the dumb question, but are ferrets really good "pets"? My buddy had one before but I never really saw it. I always though that they were more of a wild animal, but it seems like they are very domestic.
they are way too much inteligent , they tend to steal ur stuff to make a statement , and sometimes they fake they take a dump on the right place ( the corned piece on the cage ) so that you give them the treat and they can do it on their fav spot .
yeah they love shiney things, or things on string. they've tried taking my keys back to their cage, and they've tried nicking one of the kids nintendo DS's :P
i love these...is this is for sale and tell me the real price of this animal in the market please tell me the current price and thanks for sharing these pictures with us thanks.
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Minion is more of a sable polecat, and we have a third, Chocolate, who's actually a Chocolate ferret (colour wise).
Chocolate, is camera shy, he's the runt of his litter and is very skittish and frightens easily, but he'll happily sleep on my lap while i play with my computer
You're one lucky man :P
i'm from england, they cost me £20 each
he also breeds ducks and chickens.
@ Johny - From my experience, I see them at places like petco (big chain pet store) going for $150-$175 most of the time. From a breeder I would assume it would be a lot more.
Got a cute one there
they love playing on the grass in the garden, so i'm thinking of building them a ferret run.
if anyone could offer some advice on the runt though, that would be awesome. he's adorable, and it's quite clear that he enjoys being a pet, but he gets frightened very very easily, and once he's scared he goes into this skatty mode where he bounces around, and nibbles/nips at you a lot more. this in turn scares our youngest kid (who's 5) who then starts crying, which aggrivates the ferret even more.
both the larger ferrets are very docile and don't do much in the way of biting, ever. they nibble a little bit but as soon as they taste human fingers they stop as if to say "wait that's not food!".
hopefully the runt will mellow out a little, i love him to bits
and here he is pouncing on Minion like a ninja!
shhhhhhhh, be vewwy quiet... we're hunting wabbits.......
I've been thinking about getting a pet for myself for a while now. I live in a fairly small apartment. Do you think a ferret'd be ok?
hehe i love them
lucky lil' bastard
tell me that's not the most smug grin ever >_>
And that picture is crying for a speach bubble/caption.
I friend of mine had a very jittery ferret and he wasn't "fixed" and he was the stinkiest ferret I've been around. I think he also made the mistake of bathing it often when it was younger and that may have made things worse (jitters and smell).
He was still a fun little guy to be around.
Either way I think females are the way to go both in temperament and in terms of smell. But that's just my limited experience, never owned one myself.
the smell factor comes in 2 forms: firstly, when they're in season, so if you haven't had them snipped, they'll spray for territory and to try to find a mate. second, when they're scared, they'll spray. they're related to skunks, after all.
there's no reason at all to get their musk glands removed, and that's actually considdered a mutilation in some countries (i believe in some euro countries they just don't do it at all). get them neutored and solve all your problems, they won't spray in season, and they also won't fight for dominance as much
/end rant
I think the baths are what made my friends ferret a little stronger because the oils would kick in after a bath to replenish what was washed away.
Are they intelligent?