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#1 ·
One of my ferrets, Lily has escaped and I cant find her anywhere.
My Dad saw them yesterday morning at 8am in the hutch, at 12.30ish I saw Houdini, grabbed him and put him back in the hutch. I searched all afternoon and evening yesterday for her, no luck. My garden is enclosed and leads out onto a small woods so the only way she could of got to a road is by going through all the woods. By now she could be long gone.
I got them both from the Dogs Home, they were both aged between 1-3 years and Ive had them for 3 1/2 years so that puts them at minimum of 4 1/2 :(
I dont know what to do. I have put posters up, put them through letter boxes all along my road. Rang the dogs home, the local vets.
Brought Houdini inside in a cage and left the big outside one open with her milk and babyfood and clean litter tray, no signs of her this morning.

Whats worse is I get foxes and badgers in my garden over night......


Im soooooo upset, I dont know if she is dead or alive, hurt, curled up scared, cold and hungry. If someone picked her up and decided to keep her, if someone hurt her, if shes been handed in somewhere.
I barely slept last night thinking about her little face :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:
 
#2 ·
Awww babes. I know how clever ferrets are i have three, mine were constantly opening their cage i have to cable tie all their doors shut now. This is one of the reasons i chose to have them in the house with me.

You shouldnt worry about badgers they wouldn't bother a ferret, ferrets are far too fast. As for foxes as i said ferrets are fast and have a very strong bite, strong enough to remove fingers if needs be!!

Hopefully someone out alking their dog will spot your little lady and then one of your posters.

Marina:)
 
#3 ·
Awwww thats sad,i dont know an awful lot about ferrets but i do know theres not alot that would tackle them when cornered and scared,i should think she can defend herself if need be,and as above with any luck people will see her lost posters and let you know if they see her,
my heart goes out to you,i lost millie when she was a puppy,only for a couple of hours but that feeling or unease is dreadful,
ill be keeping everything crossed for you,let us know when you find her,and im sure you will x
 
#5 ·
An old trick for lost ferrets is to put the hutch on the ground with plenty of food the idea being the ferret comes back has a huge meal then curls up and sleeps it off. Doesnt always work of course but well worth a try.
 
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#6 ·
When I lost the odd ferret I did as rico said and had a cage at floor level with food but I also used to put carrier bags around the garden. My ferrets loved to play in them and I found one or two by hearing the sound of them playing in the bags or just curled up in them fast asleep.

I also taught them to come to me when I rattled keys so when i went for a walkk I would rattle my keys if there was an errant ferret on the loose.
I found a few this way.

You will probably find she comes back when she's hungry as it's far easier to go home for a free lunch than have to catch your own.

Was she speyed??? If not you might have the problem of her going in search of a male although it is a bit late in the year for that to happpen.
 
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#8 ·
I'm sorry to hear about your ferret.
I wouldn't worry about other wildlife though. I had a fairly small working jill chase a fox out of a warren.

Have you left any messages with your local police or vet? I find that alot of people who come across escaped pets leave them with either of the two.
 
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Had a few leads, someone picked her up last night and took her in their house. They went into a local pub and said they are going to keep her 'til the owner is found.
I went knocking on the doors but alot of people didnt answer so Im going back round tonight with more posters, putting one through every door and swamping the walls and lamposts with them.
Wish me luck guys I might be getting her home!!!
Just hope they dont get attatched and keep her!!
 
#18 ·
Yeah I asked the pub staff but nobody knew them, all the said was that they lived in '.....' and they are keeping her 'til the owner is found. No name left, no number.
My Dad has just gone round there now and he will ask round there for me again. Probably go knocking round the houses again too.
 
#24 ·
Thats if she even goes back outside!
It was my Dad didnt lock it properly is how the door got off, he did it the other day too but she was found straight away then!
If she goes back out she will be having bolts fitted to every door.
To be honest I dont think I could have them outside again. Ever.
I have been so so hysterical the last day or so that if they went back out I would be checking they were still there every 10 mins!
 
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