Mink are amazing and beautiful little weasels. They are in many was very similar to their cousins the otters. Though they are similar in size and appearance to ferrets, they are a very different creature. In recent years they have gained popularity as pets. But do mink make good pets? Joseph Carter The Mink Man ( / josephdcarter ) has come by with his incredible mink Boon to help us decide if the mink is the best pet mammal for you.
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It was so nice getting to meet you! I'm all excited about DS9 now 😁
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Can confirm! I can’t think of anything more worth it :)
Do you speak of Star Trek???
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Thanks for having me over, it was really fun!
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The Greatest crossover EVER!!!!!! Thanks Clint for having the Mink man on!!!!
:) hi
Never been more excited for a crossover
I have been hoping to see this video coming for a wile now. I was never sure if it was going to happen, but I am glad it did.
It’s a weird experience watching Boon take a nap, and being rather chill, after watching the videos on Joseph’s channel when Boon was killing vermin with rapid intent.
Right! So used to seeing them in hunting mode and all amped up in Joseph's vids, and here he is just chillin. Deceptively cute animals.
Yea I like to see this side of one of the monks..
it looked dead throughout half the video
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 Just head over to the Mink Man's channel and see how, usually, he's the one making other things very dead, very quickly. Cause this is actually not just a pet, but a working mink, used to exterminate vermin. Dude's basically a lunatic playing IRL Pokemon at this point, what with the hunting monitor, but he makes it work.
@@princerell4531 "monks.." _monke_
You should totally cover hermit crabs. They are seriously mistreated from the lack of information petstores give. I'd love for someone to actually do a video on the proper care.
They also should not be purchased, every single hermit crab is wild caught, they’ve never been successfully bred in captivity. Hermit crabs are going extinct because of tourist and pet shops collecting hundreds of them Definitely only rescue them, there’s so many for rescue because of how difficult they are to care for
Hermit crabs are probably one of the worst crustaceans you could own. They are always wild caught and nearly impossible to keep properly in captivity. Vampire crabs are probably a better option
Right! Surprised he hasn't covered those as they are in every pet store.
Agreed!!! Crab Central Station does an amazing job but I’d also like Clint to cover them 🦀🐚♥️
There are really disturbing videos of the pre-petstore condition hermit crabs are kept in.
Mink on the table: "I tired" Mink any other time: *unlimited powah*
Absolutely do a ferret video. They’re pretty much snakes already
Snakes that play with squeaky toys ☺️
Fuzzy leg noodles.
Cat snakes!
@@juliac3933 C E T S N E K Z
They're like snakes, but instead of feeding them whole prey every couple of weeks, you get to feed them it several times a day :D.
"Mammals are high maintenance, smelly, and loud" the perfect description for humans, one of my favorite species of mammal.
We have a video about those: kzhead.info/sun/qKqxadt8oZ55YKs/bejne.html
Humans are my least favorite mammal. One of the few animals that kill, even their own kind, "just because" 🤬
@@its_not_me999 I came here to say EXACTLY this. Humans suck.
Humans are the worst. I 1000% prefer other mammals
thank god humans arent real
After watching The Mink Man for years he’s made it quite clear. Mink are awesome and cute as hell but probably best left to the right person who can provide them the correct environment.
they are super cool!.... from afar!
Clint: "The pros [of endotherms] being that you don't have to provide basking spots..." My cat: "Excuse me?"
aww...they do love a nice sunny spot 🥰
Pros to a mink: super cute Cons: everything else That is what I got from this video
Good take
@LaumiRez I had house bunnies for about 20 years, but switched to pet ratties after--they make a thousand times better pet than a rabbit :) A lot of cons with bunnies can go away if you have a bonded pair--much less destructive, about the same cost to feed, don't need more space than one.
Accurit.
@LaumiRez Same but Guinea pigs and hamsters
@@darcieclements4880 rite
I know what he means what he's saying with how complicated they are to raise, but I just love the fact that he's saying they're little monsters, they require all this time, all this stuff..... and the mink is just laying practically motionless on the table, not moving XD
Lmaooo right
they got him on is sleep time that why
Just head over to Joseph's channel, you'll see. Dude is 10 pounds of badass attitude in a 2 pound tube.
I had a mink for a while. I rescued it from a mink farm I worked at. It was a runt and wouldn't have made it, so I took it home and bottle fed it myself. He was a little stinker but cute as could be with me. He loved antagonizing the cat though. He take all the cats toys put them in a pile and try and beat the cat and messing with him. He would also go in the cat's litter box and taunt the cat from there. Edit: I should add that I never let the Mink and Cat interact without my CLOSE supervision.
Can you upload videos of him with the cat lol
I too demand video of this.
What a little badass! 😂🎉
Was he nippy like ferrets are? Ferrets can bite quite hard...i can't imagine what a hard mink bite would feel like!
"MInks? Not a good pet, from what i've... Is that Joseph Carter? IS THAT BOON!? IT IS!!"
It's a great day!!!
My exact thoughts :)
Boon just lying around like "I'm boooooored! Can we go home yet?"
He was so good for me!
He was also in "crash mode" and leashed which in some cases causes some to become passive in a type of depressive protest which new places to explore and new stimuli can break them out of. That being said i cant tell from the video if that is what boon was doing and likely was as said in the video, juat crashing out.
I thought it was a fake mink
@@leintati I would usually agree with you. But as an avid Mink man watcher Boon is on a leash all the time. Boon wouldn’t get leash Depressed because of how much time he spends on the leash.
I like how he talks about mammals like we've never heard of them before, as if we aren't mammals ourselves LOL
RIP, Boon.
“Clint’s Pets” I for one love that you’re expanding a bit and mammals are stinkin rad!
We'll always keep reptiles as the core, but there are just so many rad things in this world!
@@ClintsReptiles Pet rats next? :D
More like "Clint's Reptiles+"
@@Miarije I had pet rats for years,but the short life span finally got to me.
@@ClintsReptiles Agreed. Calling it Clint's Critters might pull in more people.
‘Exotic’ mammals has always been a topic I wanted to see you cover. Thanks for introducing us to this cutie!
You're so welcome. This was too cool not to share :)
You like a pretty exotic mammal yourself 😏
@@robertsutton3001 seems like you could use a cool glass of water
@@robertsutton3001 I can see you are dehydrated
At this point Clint could make a video like "Bigfoot, The Best Pet Primate?" And I'd just go "yeah that sounds about right for Clint."
Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they were roommates back at uni.
Clint, I'm sure I speak for a lot of your fans when I say that we enjoy the videos about what make terrible pets just as much as the potential good pets. That said, since you brought it up... time for "Honey Badger, The Best Pet Mammal?" :D
Woah that’s a pretty cool animal Wasn’t expecting a mammal “A surprise to be sure but a welcome one”
This was too cool to pass up.
Clint's Reptiles aren’t mammals technically reptiles though? So this fits with the channel.
Mink are super cool and Joseph's channel is graphic but super interesting and he's an amazing animal trainer. I had my first wild mink encounter last week duck hunting, he stalked our decoys at first light, super cool.
@@cryptictriscuit207 We mammals certainly had reptillian ancestors , we still have a " lizard brain " near our pineal glands
My exotic animal vet has told me that the “exclusivity” tendency is a common trait in the exotic mammals we try to keep as pets& I’m so glad you guys covered it today! At 5 years old, our pet coati decided that I was his one & only, even though my husband helped me bottle-feed and raise him as a rescued kit from 4 weeks old. You seriously never know what goes on in those little brains! It is not all out dangerous in my house but I definitely kennel my little guy if anyone comes over. Not good pets for most people- they run the show & your life for sure💗
it also seems to be more common i species that aren't super social
Sounds like a large parrot, or heck my brothers sun conure who I’m pet sitting this weekend
@@katehuber4974 I didn’t know birds did this too!
@@jilliansamul8322 Oh yeah parrots can switch who’s their person several times over. My sun conure one day decided he didn’t like me anymore and bonded to my husband who did not like him at all. It’s a risk when owning parrots much moreso than most other animals species lol
@@Carriesue1982 omg i get so attached to my pets, I would cry if one of them just up and decided I wasn’t their person anymore one day lol 😭
NO WAY MINK MAN AND THIS CHANNEL PAIRED UP?!? Dude this is awesome, two of my favorite channels in one place. What a great Saturday to be watching this.
I do wish most ferrets had the Minks stouter head, but they are still amazing animals. Good tempered ferrets are so sweet, chill, loving and social. So fun to play with too.
THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!!! I remember when you commented on one of Joseph's Raptor videos and I've been wanting this collab ever since!!!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that is excited about this!
@@ClintsReptiles Freaking Mormons!! Just kidding!! Best from a Mormon herper in Germany. I enjoy both you guys' channels.
I’m a HUGE fan of The Mink man. He’s got an amazing way of training them and they’re so damn cute. He’s training “Raptor”, a monitor lizard to hunt also. He’s a really cool guy (& so is The Mink man🤣)
"High maintenence, smelly and loud" is this a parrot: best video?
Parrots smell?
@@Solomon0424 they definitely can. My macaws have the stinkiest morning poos. And certain species have a scent-like Amazons and eclectus, they have a light fermented fruity scent that some people like. I don't like it but my boyfriend does.
I love ferrets. They were one of my dream animals and having owned a pair was everything I ever wanted and more. HOWEVER due to breeding restrictions in the USA almost every individual comes from a breeding mill. Both of my bbs (who were not siblings) developed fatal cancer (one had bone cancer and one had liver cancer). Not only was it expensive and futile treatment, none of the medications worked, and watching the happiness and mischief fade into near constant pain was one of the most heartbreaking experiences of my life. They both died young, with the eldest having only lived for 5 years. For this reason alone I do not recommend them as pets in the United States unless you choose to import from a reputable international breeder. Save yourself the heartbreak because you will fall irrevocably in love with the little guys 😢
My rat vet told me the same about ferrets--such horrible health issues (baked in!) that they will break your heart. Considering she was comparing to my little ratties (rats have loads of health problems), I came to the same conclusion as you. Surely we can someday get those restrictions lifted so people can breed healthy lines of ferrets. In Europe there are many excellent hobby breeders, even angora ferrets!
@@scrubjay93 Honestly! If indiscriminate release is such a worry (even though the US currently has no invasive ferret colonies) they should implement the same system they use with reptiles-- chip and permits! I'd rather jump through whatever hoops Fish & Wildlife impose on me than keep supporting the unhealthy breeder mill industry. Also Angora ferrets are definitely a new dream pet of mine ❤️❤️
Most cancers are from a lack of vitamin c and perhaps mink have that issue. Next time give your Mink a gram of liposomal vitamin c two or three times a week and I'm sure that he will remain cancer-free.. You cannot use conventional vitamin c because like humans animals that eat meat have a very low pH gut and that instantly destroys conventional vitamin c. Liposomal vitamin c is coated in lecitin which is a harmless greasy substance so that the vitamin c will be delivered directly to the blood before it is destroyed by the gut. Good luck with your love of minks I didn't even know you could get it pet mink. I live in Illinois I'll have to research that. But they sure are super cute
If this is followed by "Pangolin, the best pet mammal?", I think Clint is trying to tell us something
I'd like that!
The pangolin thing is a total lie. Part of the coof virus was taken from a pangolin virus, but the coof didn't come from pangolin or bats We established that almost 8 months ago.
They are one of my dream pets. Too bad they are extremely uncommon even for zoos.
Bat episode clint make it happen
@@uiron5755 You could not have a worse pet, so that video will never be made.
He’s such a handsome little hunter!
Such a beautiful little monster.
Avengers Endgame is the most ambitious crossover in history Joseph Carter: Hold my mink
I found The Mink Man a few years ago when I had a mouse infestation in my house and was desperately searching for a remedy online after I had tried what seemed like everything. Mink were not the solution to my problem, but his videos provided a lot of entertainment later that year when I was in a really rough spot.
I love minks and ferrets. I miss my ferrets so much everyday they had so much personality
Yes, no shortage of personality.
Mustelids are not legal pets in my state.
A cool idea for a future video is to get with SaveAFox and talk about foxes as pets, especially with people trying to domesticate foxes the past decade and them getting closer to being successful.
Belyaev foxes are pretty domesticated, none of the problems that foxes from fur farms or shelters have. Just wish they'd let them become available.
I thought it was pretty stinking rad while minkman was explaining how most minks are usually in a way imprinted to one person and they can get aggressive towards others that try, that same moment Clint is petting the mink and his eyes close almost as if he trusts Clint too 😲
I used to work with a refuse truck, and a mink farm was one of the places we stopped. I hated that place. The animals all lived in super tiny cages, waiting to die, whitout being able to move or socialize. Speaking of other things though, happy to see a variety of animals covered.
I watched this with my three ferrets and 100% agree haha
Nice!
Rivaling the Knob Tail Gecko as the cutest animal featured on the channel
Don't tell that to Michelle 😅
@@sorensants9412 wait wth
@@sorensants9412 illuminaty confirmed
Patreons see The publications before rest of us. 😉
Mink man is cool as hell. How he trained a monitor to hunt rats is badass.
We’re doing mammals now? That case, I’d like to see you cover Domesticated Rats as pets. 🐀
not many likes from reptile lovers, but they are awesome pets--affectionate, cute, intelligent, social, clean. Only con is finding a good rat vet, vet bills and short lives.
@@scrubjay93 I wonder, could I use rats, to eradicate a mouse infestation the way Joseph does with his mink and dogs? Lol. I have mice and its been a year worth of traps, and now they won't even touch peanut butter. I don't want to own a ferret, or other types of mustelids. But I know Rats are pretty good hunters lol.
@@kimlightfoot i think you need to consult shawn woods for effective trap... kzhead.info/tools/Ybru-MPO1xjes4FVn61JUQ.html
@@scrubjay93 Honestly the vet bills are not that high compared to a cat or dog. If you have 200 euros set aside you are usally good to cover any emergency. However I agree, finding a good vet is a pain, mostly because they say they have experience when they actually don't and only show there ignorance when you are there with the animal. Like if I ask, can you treat my blue-tongued skink, they are at least honest and say, no we know nothing about them.
@@kimlightfoot Appearantly mouse are supposed to be afraid of rats, and be hunted by them on occasion. However I had one incident with a mouse in the house attracted by the pellets I fed my pet rats. It walked straight up to the rat cage and I was like "Well he's a goner." But my male rats didn't bat an eye an just let him steal their food and run away XD I ended up collecting some cat fur from my friends cat and plugging the mouse hole with that. Never saw the mouse again.
Its super cool to see you expanding out to mammals. I love your way of explaining things; it really helps me understand these amazing animals so much better, so the more you cover the better.
Thank you so much!
I'm LIVING for this video! Clint and Joseph discussing mink? Well, there goes my money on Patreon. Boon is so incredible. Olive and Joe have done a great job with that mink. It seems to be the tamest mink so far.
Everyone should check out Joseph Carter, the Mink may look like just a cuddly critter but he’s a definite pest control prodigy and just all around a fascinating videos
I feel like if we're going into mammal territory rats need someone to defend their corner for something other than feeders because they're awesome pets.
If only they had a life span to match!
So cool!!!! They live here in Ireland but we rarely get to see them outside captivity. No one believed me in my village when I saw one😅
Keep fighting the good fight. I believe you!
I looked it up out of curiosity: "The American mink was first imported to Great Britain in 1929, though a series of escapes and releases led to the establishment of a self-sufficient feral population in Devon by the late 1950s, and others by the early 1960s. In Ireland, the American mink was not farmed until the early 1950s, thus feral populations established themselves there much later. The species is now widespread in mainland Great Britain and Ireland, though some places remain uncolonised." I bet they love Ireland since they are semi-aquatic. They like the Pacific NW of the USA too.
@@scrubjay93 oh wow I never knew there was farms for them here either. Yeah there's a canal that runs through my town and that's where I saw my first one
But there's a European Mink too which is different
Your channel has branched out so much that it's basically Clint's Living Creatures lol
I do love all of them.
Clint's Fantastic Beasts
@@ClintsReptiles I even like the name she came up with Clint! :)
I was gifted a ferret by a pet store I would go to very frequently. He was meant to be a playmate for my other ferret. He ended up being aggressive toward my other ferret so I took him back. He ended up being their educational ferret with kids and he would catch rats and mice that got loose. I was told they’d hear squeaking and they’d find the ferret holding them until they would come and get it. He never hurt them though.
I love your enthusiasm and enjoyment of what you do. It makes me happy seeing you happy. I'm grateful for your videos and blessed to have been introduced to them.
Great to see Joseph the Mink man having more exposure. First Kamp Kenan, now Clint's Reptiles.
He's awesome!
@@ClintsReptiles You're awesome too.
Thank you 😊
I've been watching Minkman for a while. From what I understand he's one of the very few people that have the ... specific ... talents for raising mink to be occasionally sociable. One of my favorite videos was him trying to socialize the meanest mink and it would just latch on to his glove and dangle. This little guy was adorable though. Just laid out and being cute. Minkman, can you call my girlfriend and tell her we can't have a mink?
Just show a video/videos about Washushe. Is the wo was realy aggresive even for a mink and bite the gloves all the time.
Thank you Clint! It is exciting that you are branching out a tad from the herp hobby. I so enjoy your avian and invertebrate and exotic mammal vids. Keep up the great work!
2 of my favorite channels collaborating. Well done the both of you!
I love that Clint is expanding on to more topics! It’s great to learn about new things!
I am lost for words! Maybe at some point you can feature his monitor "raptor"
I like that idea very much 😉
Raptor is incredible! And Joseph is a miracle worker training him to hunt
Glad I watched to the end. Thank you guys!!
I've learned so much from this video and I've been working with mammals, including exotics for years. I absolutely love this channel :)
THE CROSSOVER I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED!
This video totally made my day! I'm obsessed with mustelids! Possibly the cutest creature you've featured thus far (though, the Gila Monster comes to close. My favorite Lizard!). Personally, I'd LOVE to see a ferret video. With everything going on in the world right now, your videos are always like a light in the darkness. Your enthusiasm is infectious, and always uplifting. Thanks, Clint, for everything.
i just love the small temparment switch when Joseph is handling the Mink
Would love to see more videos that consist of mammals The information you give is so clear and easy to understand This is one of my favorite channels for information and entertainment
Minks: please, please, please just get a ferret
Gorgeous little fur demons
Joseph carter is definitely one of my favorite channels alongside you I LOVE this collaboration !
Eyy you did a video with the mink man! Love both your channels!
Joseph and Clint in a thumbnail together? What have I missed🤯
Don't miss it, watch it!
Heck yes you got the mink man on! Love what he does.
Thanks for showing off Boone. He's amazing. So is Joseph & his family.
Two of my favorite channels coming together! 🥰
Two of my favorite people! Hopefully we'll see you covering some other non-reptiles every once in a while.
I would love an episode about gerbils! In my opinion very underrated pets.
So kool. Love both of your guys' channels
I’m so surprised and proud to see Joseph Carter THE mink man on this channel, I love both of these channels and I’m glad to see them together
is this a start of a new series? Will we be seeing weasels, stoats, ferrets, genets, martens? i look forward to seeing where this goes
Amazing video! Keep doing what you’re doing!
Thank you!
I love your videos! Also it's nice to see the Minkman again. I haven't seen his videos in a while.
Always cool to see the mink man out and about. If anyone has not watched his channel, you will be amazed at how well he is at training animals, especially mink!
"They can't drop their tail, though, and that's pretty cool" XD
The collab I've been waiting for since I saw you in Joseph's comments section!!! Amazing to see and thank you!!
He is such a great guy! It was too exciting to pass up :)
Heck yeah! Mink Man colab! I love that channel (for reptile people he's also trained an Argus monitor to hunt mice and it's amazing) I think you should totally cover ferrets I think they are fascinating (but high maintenece).
Love this channel, cool to see you expand into other creatures!
I hope you do a video on Raptor and his training!
Might be a possibility 😉
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Clint I LOVE the way you explain things! TY :)
Man what a great collaboration to wake up to! Keep up the great work your videos are helping me keep sane while having covid 🙌
I love that you're branching out. Maybe you'll do a video on pet rats? I think that would be an interesting topic considering how common they are as a food source for many of the stars of your channel. ;)
I love mustelids, but I will NEVER get one as a pet. They are too high maintenance for me, and an animal like that on my opinion should be left in the wild, because I feel like they would thrive there WAY better than inside.
Generally very true.
This video was such a pleasant surprise! I just wanted to say that it is my Bearded Dragon's first birthday today and it wouldn't have been possible without you Clint. Thank you and have a stinkin rad day! I got him from Dachiu Dragons by the way!
Clint! You singlehandedly cured my arachnophobia with your jumping spider video😆I love the respect you have for all the featured animals, it’s really encouraging for the rest of us to get informed and also have the same respect for the natural world. Keep up the great work!
It's a little odd seeing this immediately after Denmark's attempts at culling minks...
amazing so they're basically a cross between an otter a honey badger and pure considerated meth
I volunteered at a ferret rescue at one point for a few years. A couple who also volunteered there had a 'pet' mink and had her at the shelter one night. I asked if I could interact with her and they said sure, and gave me a pair of welder gloves. I'll just say that she was incredibly playful and the welders gloves reduced her 'play bites' to something approaching tolerable. Cute little fuzzy shark. Seriously, if you want a pet weasel, get a ferret (preferably a couple ferrets).
I love this collab! 💕
I have never seen Boon hold still for that long. You guys must have run him ragged before shooting that video!
Mink man x Clints reptile collab! This was dope! We need a video around Joseph’s project with his Argus monitor
Good idea! Stay tuned 😉
I've been watching Joseph for a couple of years. I love this guy and his funky lil minks.
This is the greatest crossover I didn't know I wanted to see on my youtube feed today. Awesome!
You should collab with SaveAFox and do foxes or skunks next!
I'd like to know: what's more high-maintenance-a mink or a parrot? (After all, birds are reptiles.)
Oh what a surprise haha I’ve been subbed to Joseph for a really long time so it’s neat to see him here too!
I love the KZhead universe... two of my favorite channels finally collabed!!!!