Hi all,
    Well, unfortunately the ferret was still loose in the building.  We
actually had her in a squirrel trap this morning, but she didn't trip the
trap door.  She bolted down through the hole around the pipes, fell onto
the vent system, got inside it through a hole, and made her way to the
outside world.  She was spotted twice outside, but I couldn't catch up to
her.  I'm afraid she may have run out of luck.
    The thing that perturbs me the most is that one of the department
secretaries made a comment that someone may have let her loose in the
building so that "someone will find her and give her a good home.  It's
better than letting her go outside." Well guess what, that's where she ended
up.  I have a horrible suspicion that this may indeed have been a deliberate
release, not a matter of someone bringing her in and having her wander off.
Since Saturday, no one has called us [security] to report a lost ferret.
Any responsible owner would have reported the animal lost.  I hope I'm
wrong.
    I am still on duty for several more hours, and will continue watching
for her.
 
Janice and the critturs              Silk, CGC  [greyhound]
Schenectady, NY                        V'orri [ferret]
e-mail: [log in to unmask]          assorted snakes
[Posted in FML issue 1278]