greyhound ferrets

[amh 0]

greyhound/micro small - call it what you will !

[romany52 313]

greyhound/micro small - call it what you will !

Nice little ferret mate, but not a greyhound.

[CarraghsGem 92]

up until recently i had a stoat size polecat jill, very slinky and so energetic you couldnt keep up with her, her head was small and cobby with very short soft coat and she was extremely nippy when i first got her, way too much of a handful for a pet type ferret, i always suspected her of being a greyhound x

i havent seen any ferrets like her since (swapped her with a lad for a sandy hob, he wanted a jill + i wanted a hob!)

[barry lurcher 27]

They are definitely a type and breed true, I bred them for a long time, about 30yrs ago. They were very stoat like in size and build. They were not runts and were very good workers on rat and rabbit. The original stock came from Abbot brothers in Norfolk and were albino, I introduced the polecat colour myself. I would still have them today except for the fact that one night I had all forty! animals stolen , which the police at the time thought highly amusing.

bloody hell romany your giving your age away mentioning abbot brothers thats a name from the past forgotten that name i did

[ferret-boy 44]

there no good for ferreting if a buck kicks it its dead thats just my opinion though

[theferreter 311]

magwitch has the perfect example of a greyhound ferret

[whin 463]

had greyhound ferrets and still got simliar whats that we pile of pish you got there a gerbil ferret or micro ,

[Jamie m 668]

Just picked up a pair of greyhound jill kits very nice to I can't do the pics on this forum there imposible , I can email if anyone wants to see , I got them off a member on here im well chuffed with them

Edited July 16, 2010 by Jamie m

[northern star 6]

I have recently bought some 'greyhounds' (3 jills and a hob) of a bloke in doncaster, they were advertised in the CMW a few weeks ago. I saw all his adult stock to include some 20 odd females in a court and hobs too. They were all of a greyhound type i.e long slim and very fast moving and appeared to be breeding true to type on the whole.

 

He advertised them as being the old greyhound lines and from what i saw i dont doubt him. My own opinion (and its only my opinion) as with any genetics and stock selection you can breed a 'type' of animal. If you breed from long slender ferrets in the main they will throw this type over time, admittedly you will get the odd throw back here and there but it can be done. It is similar to bantams in poultry, constant breeding from the smaller birds will eventually bring the size down.

[whin 463]

you can but breed but if it cant work hard kil rabbits and work deep and hard warrens they aint any good to me ,the greyhound ferrets ive had and seen many years ago were killers and good workers to

[Ideation 8,216]

As long as it does the job it's good enough for me even if its square with pink spots.

[mancterrierman 1]

always intrigued by the greyhound type ferret and always wanted one but dint think id ever get one, anyway just got my first hob from a guy rond corner and noticed he were really long and very pointy faced for a hob, after lookin at the pics on ere im certain he is greyhound type. How lucky, ill get a pic on here tomo if i can get the lil f****r to keep still

manc

[TOMO 24,843]

HERES a few pics for all the know it alls.

 

this little jill was well capable of working all day on the bunys, and was dug to most days with dead rabbits, she was also blind in one eye.

 

theres a few chaps on here that have been out and watched this jill bolt and kill, most were supriced by how many were dead when you got down to her.

 

out of intrest STOATS wich she was the size of , are well capable of killing rabbits

 

 

heres a pic of a good day not all were bolted by her of course, but a fair chunk.

 

[ferretertom 7]

HERES a few pics for all the know it alls.

 

this little jill was well capable of working all day on the bunys, and was dug to most days with dead rabbits, she was also blind in one eye.

 

theres a few chaps on here that have been out and watched this jill bolt and kill, most were supriced by how many were dead when you got down to her.

 

out of intrest STOATS wich she was the size of , are well capable of killing rabbits

 

 

heres a pic of a good day not all were bolted by her of course, but a fair chunk.

 

 

I think it depends on your ferret realy i have had big boys that never killed then seen alot of small jills that do alot.

Yours is a nice looking animal though and a ferret that is a good proven working are realy hard to get hold of these days.

As ive seen with the european polecats/stoats ect they are alot more mussley than a ferret and quicker from what ive seen.

Also the greyhound types ive seen are lean and quick all different strains of ferrets will suit different peoples needs.

all the best Tom.

[ferretertom 7]

As long as it does the job it's good enough for me even if its square with pink spots.

You have to have that attitude these days i recon as with all of them designer colours for sale and only a few people selling from decent strains.