Just to add my little contribution to the wild/domestic battle:  My
sister's little  girl ferret got out and was gone for 7 weeks before
a kindly mountain biker retrieved her and brought her to the vet.  We live
near the woods.  Anyway-- Snoop was thin, but believe it or not, okay.
We have no idea how she didn't fall prey  to a raccoon or some other
animal, or what she ate.  She's fat and happy now, though.  And my sister
watches her like a HAWK.  I am proud to admit that my over-protectivenes
of my own ferrets over the years has kept all of them in the house
safely.  :)   Bean (Sable) was much thinner with her enteritis than Snoop
was after her "outward bound" course.  That was about a year and a half
ago.
 
----  [log in to unmask]  (Andrea M.) [log in to unmask]
         Ferret-children Juno, Benny, Selkie, Bean, and Whitman
        Sweet Dreams to my sweet angel-ferrets Frito and Kadi
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[Posted in FML issue 1184]