Look at these cuties!

I have always had a huge soft spot for ferret kits, and I would think that most mustelid babies would be equally cute and squeezable.  These otter pups  prove that absolutely!!  :D

I found this video clip of a European polecat on YouTube. What an absolutely stunning animal!

I bred a very dark sable male years ago who was the son of our first ferret and he could easily have been mistaken for a polecat, as you can see from this photo of him. I’ve never had such a dark male since

CJ was just the most gorgeous boy and he had an equally gorgeous personality – he was my weasel wardancer extraordinaire and it broke my heart when he developed insulinoma and spent the rest of his days sleeping.

I got an email yesterday from a friend who is also a ferret owner giving me the URL to a video of a baby otter playing.

It was just so adorable, I had to share it.

The lady who owns Sidney, the otter pup, works at a marine park so obviously has ample experience with otters and other sea creatures. It comes as no surprise to find that otters are illegal to own personally but I admit I was surprised to see that she said they don’t make good pets.

I am in awe … total awe!

A few days ago I had an email from a lady in Kuwait who asked me if she could send me a photo of her ferret and if I could just tell her what kind it was.

I thought, yes, okay. Maybe it was a strange looking silvermitt, or a very dark sable and so perhaps could have been mistaken for a mink or something but never, ever did I expect to see a picture of a marbled polecat!

I am so jealous … can you imagine having a pet weasel? No, neither can I

However … some people do!

I had an email through my site from a lady in the UK who was very thrilled at the information I had on my Least Weasel page and she was asking me if I knew if female weasels showed the same signs of coming on heat as female ferrets do. I told her that I knew nothing personally about weasels, since they aren’t in Oz, and that all the information I had put on my page had been gathered from books or the Internet.