>>And so.... is the partial poley we got from you a partial "wild" or not? >>This was indirectly through Sue to Glenna to us... (Okay getting into a >>personal note I guess...) But regardless this hob is fair better tempered >>than the descendants of James McKay's Peter Polecat that made it to this >>country. >Oh yes - the "partial poley" you have is from wild stock. If my memory >serves me right (I personally had nothing to do with that particular batch >of ferrets, so can't comment with any real authority on their parentage), >the descendants from Peter Polecat that came over in 1995 were first cross >to wild polecat. The one that you have (on which I CAN comment with real >authority) is from a litter that is 3 generations removed from wild, with >the wild polecat coming down through the hob line, in each case the jill >selected was done so on the basis of tameness and general tractability. >This way, we were attempting to combine the best of the wild physical >structure with evenness of temperament. If there is a difference in your >hob being more even tempered, I can only suggest that to be the reason. So, >the qualities that we were focusing on in our breeding seems to have met >with a degree of success. What do you think? I have a partial poley 12 week old hob (75% pole 25% English ferret) named Joey. His dam was Camelot and his sire was Chevy. I am curious do you know how many gens Joey is removed from wild stock? BTW Joey is now 100% litter box trained and 80% bite trained (he still likes toes thank god for bitter apple!). I am very proud of my smart little boy um well not so little now.. :-) Maggie [Posted in FML issue 2005]