You don't see many of these....

death stretch

is that a mink or what cos ive never seen one of these in my life great pics

yoggerman

i dont think pine martins are down in numbers.......
but very elusive to see......... shame he met such a bad end

squirel killer

thats a shame ide like to have a tame one to hunt squirrels lol

Yeeharr

They're only in the Highlands, Grampian and Southern Scotland. There may be some left in Northumberland. This one was one of many I saw dead on the road in Rhodes, Greece. They have loads there in the forests.

I'd have had the skin and skull if I didn't have to pack them in my suitcase!!!

froggyfagan

You sure that's a pine martin bud ?looks a bit light in colour to me,was it a female cos it looks like it was suckling young

fish

yehaar i hate to upturn the basket but its actually a beech martin (Martes foina) hense the lighter colour.the pine martins (Martes martes) chest patch is yellow to insome cases orange and a solid patch,the beech martins patch is devided partly by a body colour stripe.intrestingly the cretan form of the martin known at a cretan martin has virtually no white chest patch . the beech martin is less shy than out pine martin and will often be found in and around barns and outhouses where it will nest,apparently they dont like the trees as much as the pine martin either and prefer disiduous woodland over pine.
as for domesticating them ,apparently its possible here is a pic of one rescued whilst a kit and trained to use a harness:

It would seem that a huge number are killed on the roads in their area of coverage.

Yeeharr

Yep, it's a beech martin. I didn't look to sex it or see if it was suckling as it was 28 degrees and had been dead at the side of the road for some time and it fecking stank. I've never seen a pine martin in the flesh and to be honest colour variations among mustelids are quite common due to differences in habitat etc. I've killed weasels that have been very light in colour to those that are nearly charcoal grey. So I wrongly assumed that it was a pine martin.

jmplsnt

That one on the harness was extremely cool. That would make the ultimate pet! I remember seeing a reddish-coloured mink a few years ago whilst out fishing and thinking the same thing.

fish

i recom most mustalids would train and be handleable,i read somewhere about a 19centuary trout and seatrout poacher who used an otter!

jmplsnt

The fellow who wrote "A Sporting Chance" also had one he bought from a Cajun family and taught it to be the ultimate retriever. It could handle both ice and ducks that dived to evade dogs with equal aplomb.

moocher

we have got a pet skunk now but its too fat to get in a harness at the moment

hare basher

do you sell them ? as i was talking to a chap who breeds them at the bath and west show a couple of months ago

fish

wouldnt mind a racoon!

yoggerman

i prefer a nice beaver....... trimmed of course !

hare basher

beavers beaver and its all good hahaha

yoggerman

the bald beaver is nice too

hare basher

rare round these parts but im told its good eating none the less haha

yoggerman

i prefer to poke than eat.......................lol

moocher

moocher

here she is bluebell the skunk

fish

moocher

google jungletalk the guys name is seb miller he gives talks for schools and kids parties.
there was some raccoon kits on reptileforums uk for sale while back they can nasty at certain age though.
another good forum is exotickeepers forum ekf
its for unusual furries.

yoggerman

id like a slow-loris for the kids.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLdQ3UhLoD4

squirel killer

i saw a meercat forsale the other day lol yoggerman couldnt stop laughing at that vid hahaha

yoggerman

its a funny little fecker aint it........ reminds me of gizmo from the gremlins