Just saw the ferret man again. Mrs Bugle and I have seen him by the bus stop before. Maybe it is a stoat, or a weasel – I’ve looked it up on google, but the results are inconclusive. Hope he got a half fare for the little rascal.
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July 20, 2008 at 7:41 pm
sure they are lovely but they dont half smell
March 12, 2009 at 11:06 pm
[...] Block lately – although this message from Mrs Bugle made me smile: “Watching the man with the beaver on the train. [...]
July 14, 2009 at 8:58 pm
I’ve chatted to that man at Mudchute Farm.
Its apparently a Polecat. The only difference between a ferret and a polecat is the spelling.
The smell was pretty bad, but I’m sure the polecat was used to it.
July 14, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Ha! Brilliant!
July 15, 2009 at 7:32 pm
[...] At least it wasn’t a three legged ferret… [...]
July 16, 2009 at 10:20 am
That is a ferret. Polecats are from the same mustelid family but distinctly different in temperament. Much more ferrel and hard to domesticate unless taken as kits. A polecat would have a distinctive “bandit” mask around the eyes, something which has been bred out of many ferrets – or at least reduced to a shadow. Ferrets do not smell if spayed and kept in clean bedding.
I doubt this guy would be the one at Mudchute anyway, as he takes his brood to places like Hyde Park.