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Why are my ferrets are strange colours?

All the pictures I see of ferrets are either albinos or darker coloured hobs. I have just bought two jills and a hob from a friend and all three are almost black in colour. Have you come across such colouration before?

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Time Well Spent June 25, 2007


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EDWARD COOK says: Dark polecats are becoming a bit more common, but I have to confess the really dark ones I’ve come across carry wild polecat blood.

Ferrets do come in all sorts of colours but I would say the most common are polecats, albinos or silvers.


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