wild polecat

[allenyeates 3]

Has anyone on here bred wild polecats or crossed them with ferrets. Have access to polecats but don,t know if it is worth a crack at breeding them or trying to cross them. Large size puts me off a bit. Plenty of them around here. Go mental when cage trapped, hissing, spitting and letting off scent glands. Soon quiet down though.

[Kay 3,709]

Do you have a reason why you would want to do such a thing ?

[The one 8,397]

I always reckon if your looking for a cross like that to add to make a working ferret you dont have a proper working ferret in the first place

[allenyeates 3]

Do you have a reason why you would want to do such a thing ?

 

Polecats have to be removed from poultry farm (free range) and just had the idea rather than him kill them. Thought crossing may introduce qualities such as coat quality, health/strengh into line bred family possible better resistance to cuts/bites (from rats etc) from going bad. Maybe not such a good idea after all.

[festa 206]

Do you have a reason why you would want to do such a thing ?

 

Polecats have to be removed from poultry farm (free range) and just had the idea rather than him kill them. Thought crossing may introduce qualities such as coat quality, health/strengh into line bred family possible better resistance to cuts/bites (from rats etc) from going bad. Maybe not such a good idea after all.

 

if they r wild mate WATCH UR FINGERS lol just a thought would the wild polecats not see the domestic as a threat or even food ....

Edited August 31, 2009 by festa

[noddy6560 0]

polecats are a protected species now so maybe killing them not a good idea ?

[lurcher lass 9]

if the mother to the kits was a very tame ferret . . then the kits would copy her behaviour . . though may take longer to get out of the nippy stage, as long as you handled the litter from as early as possible as much as you could and as long as you spoke to the kits even at a couple of days old to get them used to human voice then it may work . . better then them being killed at any rate, . . rather you getten bitten by the lil critters then me tho!!

all the very best with what ever you decide to do Annemarie xxx

[allenyeates 3]

polecats are a protected species now so maybe killing them not a good idea ?

 

Think better left where they are. Quality looking creatures mind. Thanks all for your comments.

[ferret-boy 44]

YOU ARE CRUEL PUT IT BACK WERE IT BELONGS

[allenyeates 3]

YOU ARE CRUEL PUT IT BACK WERE IT BELONGS

 

Read the post again....... I have ACCESS TO ..... I do not HAVE.. I was only asking for oppinions not a slagging off. What about the rabbits etc we catch ? Is that cruel or do you put them back where they belong?

[StephOC 6]

I don't think it would be cruel to let a wild polecat have his wicked way with a jill, but I'd question the legality of catching/killing them in the first place. And imagine it would be illegal to keep them without a home office license?

[amh 0]

i breed captive bred eu polecats and would be interested in new blood if you are genuine i would`nt mind a true wild one.

[Malt 379]

There's tons of threads on here about polecats, mink, weasels, etc. Do a search.

["Earth!" 503]

got lots round here too.dont half hold onto the terriers,great sport for the pups!!

theyre more feral than proper wild.the offspring off domestic ferrets that are lost..

[lift boy 0]

Ye im in west wales and there are loads. I see them in the garden all the time, my missus often shouts your ferrets are out in the confusion. They are bloody huge mind, so any attempt to handle one would be with good glove. My mate has a taxedermist friend who done him one it looked brilliant in the shed on his shelf. The farmers love them with us because they are nabbing all the bunnies.