Just rescued this hob!

[lordrodders]

Just rescued this little fella, was told he is 6 month old but im not the best at telling age, what do people think? Lovley ferret with a very nice temperament gets on perfect with my 2yr old jill and he is a very nice colour! He was fed normal food all his life until ive got him, I have a mix of kibble constantly out and offer raw daily for them.  

[Corvidophile]

I’ve never seen a ferret that orange before without also having black-dilution genes, very interesting look. Good luck with him!

[lordrodders]

Feb 1, 2022 10:18:17 GMT -5 Corvidophile said:

I’ve never seen a ferret that orange before without also having black-dilution genes, very interesting look. Good luck with him!

I dont think ive seen one this colour to be honest, very nice colour! any idea what colour he would be classed as? 

[Corvidophile]

Examining the pics further maybe he IS a black hair dilute, I think the darker colours on him are pure browns, right? Maybe he would be classified as a type of chocolate.

[Thérèse]

I suspect the orange is just from oils in his coat (usually from hormones). They can produce some startling colours. I remember going to adopt a ferret from the NSWFWS and seeing one ferret that was bright yellow, he was an albino and the oils had turned him bright yellow. He was really bright, not at all a colour you think of for fur. He had just been desexed but the hormones were still rampant. Once they settled he became a regular white albino, without even a tinge of yellow or cream in his coat.

[storm]

He is so cute! It does look like he's pretty oily which is probably why he's orange. It's still awesome though.

[abbeytheferret6]

He is so gorgeous:)

[unclejoe]

He is really cute. I'm gonna call him a cinnamon. I've never had one that red.

[Charlie]

He's super cute!! He does look young.