They're called ermine, stoat or short tailed weasel. I had one in my house a couple years ago so I did some research..... They're pretty bold but also fairly friendly. If it's in your house It likely smelled a mouse or rat or other rodent. It will likely catch all your pests and move on. They are destructive though. The one I had made a 2'x2' hole in my drywall and made itself a nest in the wall. It stole one of my tuques to use as a bed. lol. I tried using fruits and veggies to trap it in a cage but it didn't work. As it turns out they ONLY eat meat. I tried using hot dogs but they're so light it didn't set off the trap. Eggs are one of their favorite foods. I put a raw egg still in the shell in the trap and with the extra weight of the egg he was caught. The next morning he was in the trap looking very sad and with a face covered in yolk. He didn't hiss or get aggressive....just sat there looking sad. I drove him 10 miles away and released him. As soon as I let him out of the cage he went straight for the car door to investigate the car. Cheeky monkey! I mean weasel. lol. Oh yeah....if you think you have one in your house close all the cupboards and drawers. They are known for hiding food for later. We found a dead mouse in the sewing machine table that he hid there for later. Even with all the drama it created I kinda miss the little guy. They are very cute.....but not a good pet. They will never identify you as their master or owner....they are very independent and usually live alone. If you had 2 of them they might have been younger siblings. If you want to see just how amazing they are at hunting check out some stoat videos. They can catch animals 10 times their size. Their absolutely fearless.

@Kissmyweasel

2 жыл бұрын

They are my favorite animals! You’re lucky to have experienced one so closely even though he did make a bit of a mess! Haha

@vredensengel4170

Жыл бұрын

This is typical mustelid behaviour. You've described an ermine acting like a proper member of the Mustela genus. I adore them for being so typically Mustela!

@vredensengel4170

Жыл бұрын

@@Kissmyweasel Mine too. Sometimes I think I am basically an ermine in human form. (But I wear white coat through all the year, for idealistic reasons :P)

With those in your house, you are guaranteed not to have a mouse problem.

@vredensengel4170

Жыл бұрын

Literally! Even the smell of them scares mice away. If any of them stays, well... the mustelid will have something nurturing for dinner.

@Youngblood2020

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but imagine watching TV and falling asleep and they watch you the couch. I literally threw my TV remote at it when I was 9

Pet it love it squeeze it and name it George

@danthemansmail

3 жыл бұрын

Works for me.

@eatwhatukiii2532

3 жыл бұрын

Best done with gloves, LOL.

0:12 Aw, he's looking around in sync to the music

My daughter is the weasel in my house: cute, sneaky, fearless, and funny as heck when she is "sneaking" things

One of my friends awakened to the sound of skitter-skatter and found a young raccoon in the kitchen helping itself to the dry cat food. Seems the critter came in through the cat door and was still young/small enough to fit through it. My friend left it alone and it left once its tummy was full.

I wish I had an ermine where I live. All mice would be gone in short time. The only drawbacks are that stoats oftentimes kill for sport and will not take every mouse it kills back to its burrow. Meaning if the stoat kills a mouse for sport behind a wall or in a place that's inaccessible, the dead mouse would be left to rot. Another drawback about having a stoat would be that after it kills all of the mice in an area, it will then move on to squirrels, rabbits, and other small animals - including small kittens and puppies. Also, if anyone nearby raises chickens, that stoat would kill every chicken in the coup if given the opportunity. Another feature about ermines is that you really only can have them as pets while they're young. Once they mature, they will leave your house and will treat you as a stranger if you ever come across them again.

When they reverse back inside 😂

@Petr75661

Жыл бұрын

beep beep beep

Aww what a chance !! it's just awesome !

the one from underneath the dishwasher looks as if it did let its tail hang out during the wash, so that it was not completely cleaned

Any update of these fellas? I have one outside in my garage. I know they’re extremely useful in ridding of rodents which we have tons of chipmunks, field mice and other pests that he or she will control. I went to my basement ( have to go thru garage to get down to basement) and was startled by noise in the trash. That’s when I saw it’s little white head and black beady eyes glare at me 🥺 I’ve been feeding it raw meat nightly to keep it around. I read they can live up to 5-6 years. Would love to have it around that long. Haven’t seen a mouse in the house in months lol

@eatwhatukiii2532

3 жыл бұрын

You can teach them to come when called. Bits of raw meat (held in a gloved hand) make for a good reward.

@shawnadavis7434

3 жыл бұрын

@@eatwhatukiii2532 our cats been getting out on us and I think she scared it off 😔 haven’t seen it in 2 weeks.

@eatwhatukiii2532

3 жыл бұрын

@@shawnadavis7434 SOMETIMES, a cat with very high prey drive will kill one. But, now that it’s springtime and there are more things around to hunt it may simply be hunting elsewhere.

@kirbyjoe7484

11 ай бұрын

@@eatwhatukiii2532 They are extremely intelligent animals so they can be taught things, but despite their intellects, they are fiercely independent and basically impossible to tame outside of raising them from infancy.

At least you won't have a rat / mouse problem ! Welcome these adorable little guys , as they will deter the unwelcome .....my sadly lost and greatly missed ferret mother / 1/2 polecat daughter pair took care of invading rats ..." thanks " to the benefit baby factory former neighbour ....Al Pacino sytle. Stoats are basically Terminators to them ! Weasel family are , size for size , the meanest mammal predators.

Mini cat-snek

We have an ermine in our house…. He’s welcome, mice and rats be gone!

No worries. Now you have a pet ferret!

Pretty sure this is weasel for .... "you're adopted".

😍❤️❤️❤️ Great music choice 🥂

hes looking for tasty pieces . also, that is misuse of drawer knobs

That’s actually a stoat. You can tell by the black tip on its tail.

Длиннохвостая американская ласка, похожа на горностая но хвост у неё длиннее и она чуть крупнее горностая!

Long-tailed weasel, actually. In their white winter phase they look similar to the ermine (short tailed weasel) but their tails are considerably longer and they are twice as big, at least. My KZread pic is the same species in summer brown... great video...

@brynmitchell5774

3 жыл бұрын

Nope , it is a Stoat. Weasels are half the size with no black tip on the tail and Weasels do not turn Ermine [ white ] in winter .But they are all beautiful little creatures .

@Keldor314

2 жыл бұрын

@@brynmitchell5774 The thing about weasels not turning white in the winter is only partially correct. Specifically, it is true that the population of least weasels that live in the British Isles do not turn white, while (some of) the stoats do. However, whether they turn white or not depends a lot on climate and genetics, and least weasels living in other areas do indeed turn white. Also, stoats are a type of weasel, but the British "weasel" is specifically the least weasel, which adds to the confusion over names. Long-tailed weasels are a different species entirely from the least weasels and stoats that live in Europe. There are maybe 15-20 different species of weasels world wide (depending on exactly which ones you count. Maybe 10 species if you don't count the minks or the polecats or the ferrets), and the well known weasels and stoats of Europe are only two of them. I'm inclined to agree that the weasel is a long-tailed weasel rather than a short-tailed weasel (also known as an ermine or a stoat). Although it can be really hard to tell them apart in their winter coats - they're both pure white with black tail tips, and the tail lengths have some overlap, as is the case with the individual in the video - the weasel in the video looks a bit too big to be a stoat, and the head shape isn't quite right either.

@indyreno2933

2 жыл бұрын

Stoats are weasels, a weasel is any species of the genera Leucictis, Neogale, Ailurogale, Aciogale, Flavogale, Flavictis, Sciurogale, and Mustela, the latter genus containing the stoat, stoats are counted as weasels because the Stoat (Mustela Erminea) is the type species of the genus Mustela, weasels are a paraphyletic (informal) group because the species most often not considered weasels are ferrets (genera Neoputorius and Putorius) and minks (genera Neovison and Mesovison), in fact ferrets and minks are both polyphyletic groups because the Black-Footed Ferret (Neoputorius Nigripes) and American Mink (Neovison Vison) are more closely related to the weasels included within the genera Leucictis and Neogale, while the European Ferret (Putorius Putorius), Steppe Ferret (Putorius Eversmannii), and European Mink (Mesovison Lutreola) are more closely related to weasels included within the genera Ailurogale, Aciogale, Flavogale, Flavictis, Sciurogale, and Mustela Weasels: • Groups included: •• Genus: Leucictis (Haida Ermine) ••• Species: Leucictis Haidarum (Haida Ermine) •• Genus: Neogale (Alaska Weasel, American Ermine, Atlantic American Weasel, Long-Tailed Weasel, and South American Weasels) ••• Species: Neogale Eskimo (Alaskan Weasel) ••• Species: Neogale Richardsonii (American Ermine) ••• Species: Neogale Allegheniensis (Atlantic American Weasel) ••• Species: Neogale Frenata (Long-Tailed Weasel) ••• Species: Neogale Felipei (Colombian Weasel) ••• Species: Neogale Africana (Amazon Weasel) •• Genus: Ailurogale (Kolonoks) ••• Species: Ailurogale Sibirica (Siberian Weasel) ••• Species: Ailurogale Itatsi (Japanese Weasel) •• Genus: Aciogale (Black-Striped Weasel) ••• Species: Aciogale Strigidorsa (Black-Striped Weasel) •• Genus: Flavogale (Yellow-Bellied Weasel) ••• Species: Flavogale Kathiah (Yellow-Bellied Weasel) •• Genus: Flavictis (Malayan Weasel) ••• Species: Flavictis Nudipes (Malayan Weasel) •• Genus: Sciurogale (Mountain Weasels) ••• Species: Sciurogale Lutreolina (Indonesian Mountain Weasel) ••• Species: Sciurogale Altaica (Chinese Mountain Weasel) •• Genus: Mustela (Stoat, Least Weasel, Mediterranean Weasel, and African Weasels) ••• Species: Mustela Erminea (Stoat) ••• Species: Mustela Nivalis (Least Weasel) ••• Species: Mustela Numidica (Mediterranean Weasel) ••• Species: Mustela Subpalmata (Egyptian Weasel) ••• Species: Mustela Algeriensis (Northwest African Weasel) • Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa: •• Genus: Neoputorius (New World Ferrets) ••• Species: Neoputorius Nigripes (Black-Footed Ferret) •• Genus: Neovison (New World Minks) ••• Species: Neovison Vison (American Mink) •• Genus: Putorius (Old World Ferrets) ••• Species: Putorius Putorius (European Ferret) ••• Species: Putorius Eversmannii (Steppe Ferret) •• Genus: Mesovison (Old World Minks) ••• Species: Mesovison Lutreola (European Mink)

@tgy156

2 жыл бұрын

@@Keldor314 good summary. Yes, I have been in close contact with both species and can attest to the size difference as well as the difference in head shape. Until you see a stoat (short tailed weasel here in the US) one may not fully appreciate how tiny they are. Think of a tube of Crest toothpaste. The stoats here also have a triangular skull. Frenata (long tail) has a more rounded skull and face shape. The long tail also has larger, rounded ears that perk up quite a bit when they are curious. They more often get on hind legs and look around. Both do this to some extent. The long tail is more bold generally as well. It is at least twice as large as a short tail. When you see a short tail here they are often scurrying and don’t pop back out of their holes again for some time. Long tailed we weasels often drop into their burrows and almost immediately pop back up out of sheer curiosity. You can get quite close to a long tail. Of course, this is all generally speaking. Exceptions exist. There’s plenty of KZread evidence for these behaviors, if one would like to verify… I’m a weasel fanatic…

They're so cute. Sadly you can't really tame them unless you have kept them since they were babies.

@ferox965

3 жыл бұрын

Or, just get ferrets. I was a ferret owner from 1986 to 2018. They are the best.

@iamstewpit6740

3 жыл бұрын

I mean it's not like they're gonna kill you, you're too gigantic for them to take down by themselves. You're biggest worry would really just be whether or not you're legally ALLOWED to have one as a pet

@vredensengel4170

Жыл бұрын

They are my favourite animals, but I wouldn't want to have them as pets. They don't really enjoy human company, so I think it would be very selfish of me, wanting to get one!

@vredensengel4170

Жыл бұрын

@@iamstewpit6740 yes, there are many countries where capturing them is illegal.

I’m not gonna lie they scare me a lot, I remember when one was watching me

Literally hanging out.

Ur on my rob list

🤗🤗❤️❤️

i wouldnt worry too much.. youll have no mice rats or snakes in the house anymore ,, but they will make a stinky nest .

Where is this in the world please

Call it pantolomine and keep it and teach it to talk

Are you joking or have you brought these up from being young? Where do you live? How did they get into your home?

@SailingSVPixiefish

5 жыл бұрын

Not pets. Never saw before. Live in NH near shore.

@caseyjazz7256

4 жыл бұрын

@@SailingSVPixiefish Keep them around. The best pest control you can ask for.

@eatwhatukiii2532

3 жыл бұрын

They get in the same way mice do, using mouse holes. They CLIMB like lightning as well. Look up Weasel Climbing videos.

Show some

"what should you do?" plug up the holes....simple...

I am a weasel🐗 wait thats not a weasel emoji...

The biggest treehouse he or she has ever been in open the door Wait awhile time will tell don't let them smell food or you will never get them outside

Don't weasel your way out of loving them...

@eatwhatukiii2532

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good one.

Probably has rats living in the walls.

Did you call somebody to get them out?

@SailingSVPixiefish

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, they're pets now. Cheetah and Cheeto

@yourusernameeludesme8609

4 жыл бұрын

Sailing SV Pixiefish they could be vermin. Like rats

@ferox965

3 жыл бұрын

@@yourusernameeludesme8609 No. Firstly, they aren't rodents. Secondly, with these guys around your house, you are guaranteed not to have a mouse problem.

I dunno how you got a stoat in your home, they're cute, but they're still pesky.

@ferox965

3 жыл бұрын

If you have one of these or a ferret in your house, you will NEVER have a rodent problem.

That’s a weird lookin cat

They are great mousers and will kill prey many times bigger than themselves. If you have poultry predator-proof all your coops and runs so they don’t wipe out your flock. The only thing that will keep these guys out is 1/2” wire mesh. Predator proof everything, then these guys will do their job ridding your property of rodents.

Not a Weasel, but in fact a Stoat in it's winter coat.Weasels are half the size with no black tip on the tail and dont turn white in winter.

@eatwhatukiii2532

3 жыл бұрын

In the US weasels/ermines are referring to the same species as what is referred to in the UK as “Stoats” (though MANY are in the weasel family, including minks). In the UK “stoats” and “weasels” are referring to two different species.

@brynmitchell5774

3 жыл бұрын

@@eatwhatukiii2532 Weasels and Stoats are referred to differently in the UK because they are not the same animal , although they , like Mink , Badgers , Ferrets , polecats etc are Mustalids They are not the same animal, bit like comparing Wildebeast to Pronghorn. Ermine is the Term ,originally ,when a white coat appears in winter , which does not happen to Weasels.

@eatwhatukiii2532

3 жыл бұрын

@@brynmitchell5774 you just repeated what I said. To clarify further, the stoat, Mustela erminea, (ermine because it turns white in winter) in America is called a weasel, or specifically a short-tailed weasel. In the UK it is referred to as a “stoat” while “weasel” is used for the least weasel Mustela nivalis. Anyone needing further info can visit en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoat

@tgy156

3 жыл бұрын

Not that I really want to engage in a youtube debate here, but I have had in own possession two short-tailed weasels (stoats) from MN one long-tailed weasel from NC, and my pet ferret. I conducted dialogues and radio interviews with the two foremost experts in the world, Roger Powell and Dr Carolyn King for my radio program in the past. When a guy has a picture of mustela frenata as his KZread avatar, you can probably assume that he's a bit of a weasel expert/fanatic. I won't bother debating you, but both erminea and frenata (stoat and long-tail) have black-tipped tails. Both turn white in the northern portions of their ranges. A stoat is tiny compared to a long-tail, and they are even more frenetic in their movements than your beautiful kitchen long-tail.... cheers!

@tgy156

3 жыл бұрын

@@eatwhatukiii2532 We have three species in North America - least, short-tail (aka ermine or stoat) and the long-tail. The terms are not necessarily interchangeable in Europe, as they don't have the long-tail in Europe. This certainly appears to be a long-tail, given the length of the tail relative to body length. Yes, nivalis (least) is very tiny and doesn't have much for a rail, more like a stump, and no black tip....

I wouldn't like having these in my house. The upside is that if you ever have mice or rats come in they we be absolutely f***ed by these weasel stoat ermine whatever they are.

@momentary_

3 жыл бұрын

As cute as they are, they will tear up your walls and belongings and bring all kinds of dead animals into your house.

give him some steaks man

These guys are great for cabins and cottages but not so much your house if they take a liking to it. Usually they follow the mice into the building and leave once they've eliminated them but if they find alternate food at the building they may stay. Not good because mustelids stink and wreck shit.

That’s a ferret

@TheSpaceyCat

3 жыл бұрын

its an Ermine Weasel. Ferrets are a part of the Weasel family so you would be more right to call a Ferret a Weasel rather than calling a Weasel a Ferret. Ferrets are basically Domesticated Weasels.

@michaelx9079

3 жыл бұрын

͢¢͝ å̴ř ҉i̷͘ и͞å̴ ͟ ҉ close...... ferrets are domesticated polecats..... which are a bigger mustelid....and an ermine is a stoat or long tailed weasel in it's winter coat

@brynmitchell5774

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSpaceyCat No such thing as an Ermine weasel , the Animal is a Stoat , twice the size of a Weasel, only the Stoat turns white in winter. The Family of which you speak is Mustalids, comprising of Stoats , Weasels , Badgers , Ferrets , polecats to name a few .Ferrets are 5 times the size of a 6 oz Weasel.

@indyreno2933

2 жыл бұрын

@bryn mitchell, stoats are weasels, a weasel is any species of the genera Leucictis, Neogale, Ailurogale, Aciogale, Flavogale, Flavictis, Sciurogale, and Mustela, the latter genus containing the stoat, stoats are counted as weasels because the Stoat (Mustela Erminea) is the type species of the genus Mustela, weasels are a paraphyletic (informal) group because the species most often not considered weasels are ferrets (genera Neoputorius and Putorius) and minks (genera Neovison and Mesovison), in fact ferrets and minks are both polyphyletic groups because the Black-Footed Ferret (Neoputorius Nigripes) and American Mink (Neovison Vison) are more closely related to the weasels included within the genera Leucictis and Neogale, while the European Ferret (Putorius Putorius), Steppe Ferret (Putorius Eversmannii), and European Mink (Mesovison Lutreola) are more closely related to weasels included within the genera Ailurogale, Aciogale, Flavogale, Flavictis, Sciurogale, and Mustela Weasels: • Groups included: •• Genus: Leucictis (Haida Ermine) ••• Species: Leucictis Haidarum (Haida Ermine) •• Genus: Neogale (Alaska Weasel, American Ermine, Atlantic American Weasel, Long-Tailed Weasel, and South American Weasels) ••• Species: Neogale Eskimo (Alaskan Weasel) ••• Species: Neogale Richardsonii (American Ermine) ••• Species: Neogale Allegheniensis (Atlantic American Weasel) ••• Species: Neogale Frenata (Long-Tailed Weasel) ••• Species: Neogale Felipei (Colombian Weasel) ••• Species: Neogale Africana (Amazon Weasel) •• Genus: Ailurogale (Kolonoks) ••• Species: Ailurogale Sibirica (Siberian Weasel) ••• Species: Ailurogale Itatsi (Japanese Weasel) •• Genus: Aciogale (Black-Striped Weasel) ••• Species: Aciogale Strigidorsa (Black-Striped Weasel) •• Genus: Flavogale (Yellow-Bellied Weasel) ••• Species: Flavogale Kathiah (Yellow-Bellied Weasel) •• Genus: Flavictis (Malayan Weasel) ••• Species: Flavictis Nudipes (Malayan Weasel) •• Genus: Sciurogale (Mountain Weasels) ••• Species: Sciurogale Lutreolina (Indonesian Mountain Weasel) ••• Species: Sciurogale Altaica (Chinese Mountain Weasel) •• Genus: Mustela (Stoat, Least Weasel, Mediterranean Weasel, and African Weasels) ••• Species: Mustela Erminea (Stoat) ••• Species: Mustela Nivalis (Least Weasel) ••• Species: Mustela Numidica (Mediterranean Weasel) ••• Species: Mustela Subpalmata (Egyptian Weasel) ••• Species: Mustela Algeriensis (Northwest African Weasel) • Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa: •• Genus: Neoputorius (New World Ferrets) ••• Species: Neoputorius Nigripes (Black-Footed Ferret) •• Genus: Neovison (New World Minks) ••• Species: Neovison Vison (American Mink) •• Genus: Putorius (Old World Ferrets) ••• Species: Putorius Putorius (European Ferret) ••• Species: Putorius Eversmannii (Steppe Ferret) •• Genus: Mesovison (Old World Minks) ••• Species: Mesovison Lutreola (European Mink)

Get a cat. It helps with your rodents problem.