Originally posted by luckies4me
I've seen plenty of ALL black (meaning all black, and that's it) ferrets. My friend breeds the blacks, dalmations, and angoras. If you do a search online you'll see a few pictures. But, my first reaction would be mink.

Polecats are ferrets, just not domesticated ferrets. That is what ferrets originate from, so it's only obvious that ferrets and polecats would breed.
Wow, do you know how many LONG time ferret breeders, shelter organizations & owners have been dying to get ALL black ferrets? A bunch of us only know of abuot 2-3 breeders in the US that have black ferrets that have a good possibility of staying black & they are mixed with polecats.
Does your friend have a website?
Of course we all have found tons of black baby ferrets, but they OFTEN lighten up as they age.

The dalmation gene is a mutant gene, that is not only associated with a few health problems but the color often changes as they age, which is very common with any ferret. It is not a reccognized color, thus you will can not show any dalmation colored ferret.

The angoras are also known for a lot of health problems.

Any reputable breeder will not breed any blazes or pandas on purpose, the dalmation almost always falls into one of those marking patterns. Approx. 95% of those ferrets have Waardenburg Syndrome, the main and often only health problem of ferrets with the Waardenburg Syndrome is deafness.