Meet Nikita
La Ferret Nikita (a.k.a. Little Niki, Knick-knack, Bratnik, Teeny Weeny Meanie) is a 2.5-year old standard sable sprite. She retained her soft, fuzzy kit fur—which doesn’t have the strong darker guard hairs—for over a year, but when she finally grew up, her coat came in really silky and long. (The top photo shows Niki with her baby fur, most visible on her back; the bottom photo shows her with siamese point coloring, after her adult coat came in.)
Next to Rocky, she is our darkest ferret. Because we purchased her from a breeder, she wasn’t spayed until she was about a year old, and had her full chance to grow.
In case you were wondering, Niki was named after the Luc Besson movie La Femme Nikita, about a female assassin. Of all our ferrets, we think she was the most aptly named.
I came across your site quite a long time ago by typing “ferrets” into my search bar. I already knew a great deal about ferrets, yet my daughter Jasmine was doing a project on ferrets for school, and obviously we were going to use our PC as a resource for information that we weren’t already aware of.
I finally decided to write a comment because I was just thinking what a small world it really is. This is because of your ferret Nikita. We too have a female ferret named Nikita (a sable), now four years old, and she was named after that famous female assassin that Luc Besson (Director/Writer/Producer) brought to life. Of course, when “the powers that be” decided to create a television series named after the film “La Femme Nikita” with the actress Peta Wilson in the role of Nikita, it quickly became one of my favorite television series. So far, I own all of the seasons that are out on DVD, which are seasons 1,2 & 3. Just like you, I thought the name fit perfectly for our new family pet!
I created my own “space” on “Windows Live Spaces” and I have been trying to add as much to it as possible (things can get very busy around here). I’ll be adding many more pictures of Nikita, so I hope you’ll take a look. If you’d like, please drop a line on my site!
Your’s truly,
Ruby (Ferret lover)