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Anonymous Mon 10 Nov 2008 03:50:00 No.337273 View View Reply Original Report

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So /an/ I was at a pet shop yesterday that had fully black ferrets. As black as the legs of the picture here.. They were amazingly beautiful ferrets. If I had the money I would have gotten one of them. I have never seen a fully black ferret before and even googling it I cant find one. Just how rare is this? Has anyone seen them fully black before?

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Anonymous Mon 10 Nov 2008 04:28:00 No.337280 Report

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when they are very young they can be pretty dark as there adult cote comes in the mask will start to map itself out and the back under cote will lighten on the back. they still may be darker then the average "sable" ferret but it can happen. it is not very common anymore. try googling "black Sable ferret"

my female is pretty dark but she wasnt ALL black as a baby. but its seen in young black sables

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Anonymous Mon 10 Nov 2008 04:31:00 No.337282 Report

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Was the entire thing solid black? I've seen dark sables, but never a solid black ferret.
google says that the one pictured here is a 'Khonorik' but it looks like any other goddamn ferret. just black.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Nov 2008 04:48:00 No.337292 Report

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In parts of Europe (mainly Russia) there are ferrets with black/dark brown coats and green eyes, it's unusual for them to be in a pet shop though.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Nov 2008 09:58:00 No.337430 Report

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MOAR!

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Anonymous Mon 10 Nov 2008 10:19:00 No.337438 Report

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Khonoriks are a cross between ferrets and minks, the dark coat and green eyes show up after a few generations. Here's one eating a guy's face.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Nov 2008 10:26:00 No.337442 Report

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Anonymous Tue 11 Nov 2008 08:01:00 No.337837 Report

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>>337282
It was like that. Black w/ maybe a slight brown undercoat if you will. They were marshals ferrets so were not a minks ferret mix.

>>337280
These ferrets were full grown. I dont know how old they are before they gain their adult coats but they were old enough to be full grown and shipped to and sellable at the pet shop.

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Anonymous Tue 11 Nov 2008 08:06:00 No.337840 Report

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firstly, never buy a fully grown ferret from a pet store. if you dont get them when they are babies they are impossible to train. IMPOSSIBLE
also, they are extremely high maintenance pets. if you dont have shit tons of free time to devote to them, just play with them in the pet store.

that having been said, are you SURE they were ferrets? theres shit tons of stuff out there that look just like ferrets like stoats, weasels, mongoose etc

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Anonymous Tue 11 Nov 2008 13:16:00 No.337967 Report

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>>337840
OP here again...

Yes I'm 100% sure they are ferrets. I've had 5 ferrets before and know what they are.. Also these at the pet store had the marshals black dot on the ear.

Also, one of these was from an owner I didnt know. My aunt gave the ferret to us because the people were moving somewhere (I think California) where its illegal to own them. (heat and such) The training wasn't the problem.. Infact I've got no idea what type of training you're talking about... The nutrition of the animal was the issue. Ferrets need high protein that most cat food doesn't give them and therefor shortens their life big time.

Also are you talking about ferrets are high maintenance... Less maintenance then most dogs. If by high maintenance you're meaning you've got to clean up their kitty litter then you're a lazy fuck. I'll admit that if you let them out of their cage and run around the house then you sometimes gotta pick up a present in the corner of the room but other then that I don't agree / understand what you're talking about.

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Anonymous Tue 11 Nov 2008 13:34:00 No.337971 Report

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>>337967
i got my ferret when he was maybe 6 months old and he was IMPOSSIBLE to litter box train. he would go in every corner, and in his food bowl, then sleep in the shitpiss litter, so i had to bathe him at least 2 times daily. i kept him in a 2 story 4 1/2 x 2 foot cage, which i ALSO had to wash twice daily, and that was no small feat. when i let him out it seemed i was constantly on a trail behind him, cleaning up much more than an 'occasional' mess, not to mention anything that could be chewed into particles. i'm not a lazy fuck, but i had two jobs. i ended up giving him away because all i had time to do was clean him and his cage and keep him fed anymore and he was getting fat, and i felt bad for never having time to take him for walks anymore.

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Anonymous Tue 11 Nov 2008 13:37:00 No.337972 Report

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>>337971
^here^

also once my mother took on some ferrets that a friend of hers could not continue to care for with similar problems. except those ferrets were also really nasty biting things on top of being filthy, high maintanence, destructive pets.

based on my experiences, though i think ferrets are cute little fuzzy slinkies of happiness and joy when i see them in the pet store, i really wouldnt own one again. i have NEVER seen one that behaved like any kind of pet i.e. was even a little bit housebroken, and all but my aforementioned pet have been extremely nippy (have known several ppl who owned ferrets)

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Anonymous Wed 12 Nov 2008 05:15:00 No.338202 Report

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>>337972
Did you put the litter box in in the middle of the cage? They shit in corners as you said.. throw a litter box in the corner(s) they most shit in. I needed two in the cage I kept my ferrets in. It was a two story 2.5ft wide 8ft long cage. Pretty self explanatory to put the box were they mostly shit. Cats shit in a litter box because they prefer to cover it up. They are no less trained then a baby shitting in a diaper.

As far as them sleeping in the shit/piss did you not give them a bed and if you did was the bed in the corner? I've had, as I said my share of ferrets and worked on a kennel which housed quite a few ferrets and have never seen a ferret sleeping in its own shit. Furthermore I've yet to be bit by a marshals ferret. If you're in the market for a ferret look for the black dot made by ink in one of their ears. They handle the ferrets as soon as humanly possible and never stop playing with them tell they're shipped to the pet store.

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Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 10:26:00 No.338721 Report

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>>338202
I have a ferret who absolutely refuses to use litterboxes.

The pet store he was in just let them use whatever corner they pleased. If I put a litterbox in, he tries to move it, goes in another corner, or backs up on the side of the box.

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