Hi Paula, not all ferrets have nice smooth coats, some naturally have very
coarse coats, I used to call then terrier ferrets.  I have not seen any
for a while because only people who worked their ferrets were happy with
that type of coat.  I had a cold wet half dead little male brought to me
one night and after drying him off I thought the best place for him was
in with 2 breeder jills I had caged together ready to be mated.  In the
morning I expected to find him dead but I found him alive, very active and
he had already mated with the 2 jills.  I was not over pleased with the 18
coarse coated kits my 2 prise winning silky coated polecat jills produced
that year.  Chris.
 
Christopher S Lloyd.
 
Wessex Ferret Club    http://web.ukonline.co.uk/superzoe/
Woolston D & F Club     www.btinternet.com/~chris.lloyd2/
[Posted in FML issue 3669]