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Post by whipple on Apr 26, 2011 21:18:07 GMT -5
Ok, so I was at the pet store to get another harness. And I saw the cutest baby, huge nose and dark points. Oh and those ears........ wait is this a black footed ferret? I swear it looked exactly like one! They were all RCF, anyone have any idea if they're messing around and crossing them with something, like polecats or.... I dunno. It just seemed so odd, but so freaking cute! If he wasnt sold already I wouldve brought him home!  |
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Post by Heather on Apr 26, 2011 21:22:27 GMT -5
It wouldn't be a black footed cross. My understanding is that they are not genetically compatible so unable to mate, but that being said black footed ferrets are a protected, endangered species and are therefore controlled.
ciao
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Post by whipple on Apr 26, 2011 22:09:00 GMT -5
I figured it wasn't a black footed, but do ferret polecat crosses have the bigger ears and nose? Or is it just some odd little trait? Never seen it before, but I love it!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2011 0:09:31 GMT -5
Ok, so I was at the pet store to get another harness. And I saw the cutest baby, huge nose and dark points. Oh and those ears........ wait is this a black footed ferret? I swear it looked exactly like one! They were all RCF, anyone have any idea if they're messing around and crossing them with something, like polecats or.... I dunno. It just seemed so odd, but so freaking cute! If he wasnt sold already I wouldve brought him home! not possible but would love to see him - can u snap a phone pic?? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2011 0:45:10 GMT -5
Yeah, where is the pic?!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2011 4:22:59 GMT -5
My understanding is that they are not genetically compatible so unable to mate, I believe Ternovsky/Ternovskaya and others bred hybrids and they do produce fertile offspring, so they are genetically compatible (any mix between M.nigripes/eversmannii/putorius/furo). But that's not to say you would find any such hybrid in a US pet store  |
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Post by miamiferret2 on Apr 27, 2011 6:50:53 GMT -5
when he was a baby my ferret Al also looked like a BFF and he was a fitch ferret.  |
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