Found dead ferret today.

[freekygeeky]

i found a dead freeret today on the side of the road, are there many of these let go in the wild, or would this be someones pet??

[SiUK]

was it definately a ferret??

[CBR1100XX]

some will release them into the wild rather than rehome them or it could of escaped from someones back garden.

[freekygeeky]

ok, shoudl i post up a poster then sayign i found one... ye ait was definatly a ferret.

[SiUK]

do we not have ferrety things living wild in this country, polecats and weasels and such?? excuse my poor knowledge of British fauna

[liam.b]

ya we have polecats but there up in scotland and a weasel wouldnt come near the road and their not as big as a ferret,did it have a collar
/harness? what colour was it ?

[Andy b 1]

aww i would put a sign up just incase it is someones pet

[SilverSteno]

Originally Posted by liam.b

ya we have polecats but there up in scotland and a weasel wouldnt come near the road and their not as big as a ferret,did it have a collar
/harness? what colour was it ?

There are also polecat ferrets, mink, both stoats and weasels do go near roads and can also become road victims. Polecats have a patchy but expanding distribution in England and Wales. Pine martins are mainly confined to Scotland, but they too can be found in parts of Wales and England.

[freekygeeky]

it was completly white with black eyes, no harnes or collar etc, i got OH's mum to have a look as she knows nearly everythign about everythign... hehe, and she says it is definatly not a stoat etc, but a ferret...

[SilverSteno]

Originally Posted by freekygeeky

it was completly white with black eyes, no harnes or collar etc, i got OH's mum to have a look as she knows nearly everythign about everythign... hehe, and she says it is definatly not a stoat etc, but a ferret...

Definately sounds like a ferret then. Could be an escaped pet but could also just have been turned loose unfortunately. I think the best thing you can do is ring the local vets and animal shelters and let them know because they will be the first place a pet owner would call.