>From:    "E.M. Ennis" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: pattern vs. behaviour?
>...Have any of you out there with oodles of ferrets noticed any particular
>trend in pattern determining behaviour?
> - There seems to be a tendency for clever-naughtiness in the dark-sables
> - Dark sables seem to dook more than other colors/patterns.
 
With us it is our chocolate point New Zealands!  Ask Mia Emery about
Spectre & Ann phillips about Aroha!
 
> - Darker colors seem to be 'busier' than light ferrets.
 
Well, I think they all are pretty busy!  I have a chocolate point New
Zealand import female (3 yrs) that ALWAYS climbs cages as well as a 7 month
black self that does the same!  Not to mention my chocolate point female
that ALWAYS does a flying leap onto anyone standing near her cage, the
other female that is always finding new hidey holes, and my cinnamon New
Zealand import female (from Sam Young) that is ALWAYS breaking all of the
toy balls in half & stashing the parts.  Many of my sables are climbers &
my silvers seem to be attack your feet ferrets!
 
My Chocolate points seem to have the most smarts combined with the "I
didn't do it - I don't know what you are talking about" attitude.
 
Amy Flemming
Flemming Farms
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[Posted in FML issue 2498]