(Ferret Liberation Organization - Raleigh Headquarters.)
 
Code Name:  "Our Little Bug"
Former Condition:  M.I.A.
Problem Sector:  Grand Rapids
 
Location:  Long-term-stay Motel Room on 2nd Floor.
Compound Invaded by:  Maintenance Personnel while Parents of Pet
                      (POP) away from secured perimeter.
Devious Enemy Plot:  Drilled hole in wall under kitchen cabinet.
Escape Hatch:  The hole, silly.
Health Risks for FLO Operative:  Starvation, Injury.
Health Risks for POP:  Heart failure, Ulcers, Premature aging.
Reconnaissance:  Tuesday evening through Saturday morning.
 
Final Status:  Hungry. Found inbetween 1st & 2nd floors.
 
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) revised:  March, 1999.
 
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The owner's were lucky to find their ferret alive.
 
I've read this type of ferret adventure before over the years on the FML -
a fert escapes through hole around plumbing in kitchen or bath cabinets,
namely in apartments.  Please ferret-proof your cabinets or, at least,
visually check for holes within the cabinets.  Never underestimate a
ferret.  The general rule is...where their head will fit through, their
body will follow.
 
Shari Gunter
[Posted in FML issue 2632]