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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2011 14:13:04 GMT -5
AWWW, look at the Russian ferret's amazingly fluffy coat!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2011 14:52:36 GMT -5
I see now that the picture I referred to originally comes up in a google image search for "siberian weasel." I wouldn't have believed that animal was anything but a ferret, the face is SO ferrety, if I hadn't seen the pictures myself! They are all lovely, so many types of weasels out there, but I wouldn't trade my little darlings for anything. But man, those weasels are cute... I love how the sable is so much larger than the ferret yet the ferret totally acts like they're evenly matched! I wuv fewwets! Does anyone know, do all weasels suffer like female ferrets do, if they do not mate when they go into heat? I'm just curious.
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Post by Sherry on Mar 20, 2011 15:33:53 GMT -5
I believe they are all induced ovulators, yes. Someone have more info on that?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2011 16:14:30 GMT -5
marie, you are from Europe right? What is the availability like when it comes to the different types of weasels? Do you see them very often or are they difficult to find
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2011 13:54:56 GMT -5
marie, you are from Europe right? What is the availability like when it comes to the different types of weasels? Do you see them very often or are they difficult to find Yes, I'm from Sweden. I wouldn't say that keeping the various types of mustelids are common, but it depends on the country. In Russia you can pretty much get anything you want and compared to the rest of Europe it's relatively common to keep wild mustelids there. Which is too bad, because it seems to me that they are rarely kept and fed properly. Not to mention that it seems to be common practice to take them from their mothers very young, in order to make them more tame. I also get the impression that it's somewhat more common to keep wild mustelids (or hybrids, like e.g. siberian weasel/ferret-hybrids) in the Eastern European countries, like Hungary and others. Steppe polecats are relatively common in some areas. Perhaps because it's more accepted and in lack of a legislation against it (?). Otherwise it doesn't appear to be common at all and not widely accepted or illegal. In some countries, where it's legal, they do keep American minks (originating from the fur farm industry). In Sweden, the only animals of the order carnivora that's legal to keep are dogs, cats, ferrets and badgers. The badgers would seem odd in that group, but it's (unfortunately) due to the fact that hunters use captive bred badgers to train their dogs (with no harm allowed to the badgers). At least, it's very strictly controlled. Personally, I think it's a bit sad that it's completely prohibited to keep any other type of carninvor in Sweden (other than in zoos etc). I would prefer that it had been allowed with strict control and licensing, and detailed regulations on handling and proper housing (like large natural enclosures/habitats etc).
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