We have this little fella living in the loft/crawlspace at the moment and I've had lots of positive identifications as polecat, but also lots of solid advice that it's a ferret. Does anybody here have any input?
It seemed less than bothered by me being there, but timid enough to want to get back into the wall.
It's been around for a couple of weeks and has made no effort to bother our hens, so I'm not worried about that, but the noise it makes when running around at dusk sets the dogs off, so that's the biggest issue for me.
There are no ferret keepers in the immediate area, so if it's a lost domesticated one then it's some way from home. If it's a feral ferret (or polecat) then it's got a large area of territory to itself as I've seen no signs of any others around.