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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 3:34:04 GMT -5
Yeah, it is. And also, poleys are sold cheaper than ferrets.. so, any option would be valid
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Post by Jeremy's Boggle on Jan 27, 2015 20:57:55 GMT -5
He looks like my hybrids. Being a hybrid would explain him being more cautious as you have to earn their trust and my male is touchy about how he is picked up.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 22:40:40 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2015 3:58:58 GMT -5
Thanks! Well, my Aramis is mixed - and he looks all champagne but the behaviour is more poley his mommy is a full white angora ferret ... I asked them if I could go see him at the shelter, and see how he is with people, because all the answers I get are "I don't know what to do with this animal"....
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Post by Jeremy's Boggle on Jan 28, 2015 10:51:01 GMT -5
Visiting would be the best way to figure it out. As behavior may be the only way to tell. I looked through the European polecat pictures and really they are look exactly like a poley hybrid. What is he eating there? If their not offering whole prey or meat and he is eating kibble then he may have been a pet as I don't see a wild one accepting it as food.
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Post by Blue on Jan 28, 2015 13:39:22 GMT -5
I can't tell the difference between poley hybrids and European ferrets with polecat coloring. Marie's ferrets ( www.facebook.com/mariesferrets ) are pure ferret, but look exactly like polecats to me. This is such a fun mystery with some suspense and drama regarding the fate of the unknown visitor (I'm pretty sure it'll have a happy ending with absinthefairy on the case)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2015 13:56:09 GMT -5
I sure hope so! I just feel like I'm worrying so much and they don't really bother I have a feeling that they don't really want to give him to a new home but rather to another shelter. That's why I am trying so hard to fight for it... He does eat kibble, as far as I understand, since he's in a shelter that usually has only cats dogs and bunnies.
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Post by Jeremy's Boggle on Jan 28, 2015 15:05:07 GMT -5
Since he is eating kibble then there is a good chance he was a pet. A wild polecat would not know that kibble was food.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2015 20:17:06 GMT -5
I obsessively called the shelter in the past days - they told me that yesterday he left with a breeder. I asked if that means he's adopted, and she said that the breeder took him to foster and to figure out if he's wild or was kept as a pet. Considering that he is handled and kept at someone's home on Totally Ferret kibble, I'm pretty sure he's a pet. But they didn't give me the breeder's details. However, apparently, the person will put him for adoption and I told them that I want to take him home when that time will come.
This has been a weird experience for me, with uncooperative people....
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Post by Blue on Feb 5, 2015 9:53:04 GMT -5
Not to make you more anxious, but a breeder coming to get a "free" intact ferret/poley sounds very suspicious to me. This whole thing has been very strange.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2015 10:51:48 GMT -5
I agree, the whole thing was weird. It felt like they were trying to avoid talking to me from the start. I have my doubts that it'll go anywhere from now on. I just hope he'll be in a loving place otherwise.
It made me a bit sad... we actually started to think he'll join us, got a new harness, a few fluffy pillows and fleece blankets:) maybe I got over excited. on the other hand, now it's set, we're looking for a fourth:)
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Post by Jeremy's Boggle on Feb 5, 2015 21:59:46 GMT -5
I'm sorry this has been such a disappointing and emotional situation. I hope you find the one who is meant to join your family.
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