Please don't stop your search.  It's way too soon.  If you know vaguely
where he is and that he is alive, it is our responsibility as a pet owner
to save them.  Each day that passes, is a nail in the coffin.  Sometimes
you have to knock on neighbor's and friend's doors to do a search.
Sometimes it take several traps.  And it takes many, many checks through
the day to find a ferret.  Mornings and before dusk are their active
times.  There are several people on here who had to search for even
weeks.  Now granted it is very unusual, even rare to retrieve a ferret
live after that amount of time (each time, the animal had finally been
picked up by someone or a shelter, etc).  Some ferret's will try to eat
bugs or a mouse.  Many will not.  Many are imprinted on their food too
much and will even starve before ever eating.  I have had a couple
ferrets who though mice were "friends".  Only a few have eaten any bugs
for me.  Like some readers said, the weather alone is a huge factor
here.  Good luck, keep trying.
 
Wolfy
 
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[Posted in FML issue 5112]