>Well after all that I just wanted to know if any of you good folks have
>ever had a fert return to your house after being gone outside a good 10
>hours?
 
We used to be able to let our crew free roam.  Usually, by nightfall,
they've found a place to sleep so it was not unusual not to see them
running about at our bedtime.  That Saturday night we went to bed as usual;
got up on Sunday and I went out to retrieve the newspaper from the box at
the end of our driveway.  As I was approaching the front porch, there stood
Topaz (AKA Mighty Mouse) waiting for me to come back and let her in.  She
had been outside all night.
 
I think the only reason she was still in the neighborhood was that I had
left an old cage on the porch that I had forgotten to clean and put away,
complete with litter box and ferret smells.  She likely used that as a
"beacon" to find her way home.
 
It was weeks before she could even walk past the door again without
shaking.
 
Dick B.
[Posted in FML issue 3373]