European Pole Cats

[johnny boy68 11,725]

 

 

 

 

True there are some folks that falsely claim to have pure eu's when they are just ferrets in order to fleece people but there will also be some who have trapped and bred em. It aint an extinct species mate! Can you explain how these animals like the ones uploaded on this thread both have the eu look to them? i'd say there are breeders who sell them as pure when they are really hybrids but you can usually tell by observing the animal's behaviour too whether they have eu in them or not. The ones sold in this country are probably at most under 70% as there is a lot of ferret in the line BUT they still behave differently etc to the normal ferret. Let me tell you, if you visited my brother works ferrets and lives on the continent, you would see what real full polecats look and behave like-he has them as pets and they ARENT TAME. nasty buggers lol.

 

I have mates who have some that are wilder and shyer than my very tame one, then again, I haven't given him enough time to turn as he is still only 27 weeks all jokes aside, I dont think they should cost more unless they are 100% the genuine article but thats just me.

If you look up research into the wild eu polecat done on the continent, it clearly details that there is 2 distinct colour variations in them. The first is a meadow/hedgerow hunter that is lighter in colour due to the habitat it hunts/lives in, the second is much darker and lives/hunt in forest/woodland, so basically their coats suit where they live to blend in with the surroundings, now when anyone claims they have trapped/caught a wild polecat why are they always the darker ones they managed to catch? I dont recall anyone showing a light coloured eu polecat they have caught? perhaps these may be next years must have a light eu polecat that was trapped and bred from?

Y.I.S Leeview

 

The polecats that my brother has are dark and have a strong mask but have a proper light brown undercoat instead of a whitish colour characteristic of the ferret-hybrids or like the one I have. will get photos and upload on here. these are HUGE animals too and have to be kept in an enclosure/handled with gloves. they are kept very well and it is amazing to see the differences between the polecats and standard ferrets.

 

Polecats wild and captive come in several shades of the same colour; some are light some are darker some have a pronounced mask. There IS a difference between a darkish ferret and an eu but in hybrids, the eu colouring/character is present to varying degrees depending on the animals lineage.

 

You are a bull shitter Funny how in june you'd never seen a polecat but now your brother as them !!

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/291300-stoat-x-ferret/page-4

 

Now 2 months later your an expert on anything ferret related.........fookin pretender.

 

Nope, am not a fooking pretender. I only just found he had them when I visited him in the summer Dumbass thinking you can embarrass me. pah.

 

You're doing a good enough job by yourself !!