Sunny said:
>read on this site the other day that someone had a robbery in their home
>and their ferrets were okay.  It just happened to me, but they took $2.00
>and all of my husbands hunting guns and amo.  Where did this other robbery
>accur?
>
>Oh all ferrets were fine.  To bad they cannot talk.
 
I reply
 
Sunny, my break-in happened in Western Australia.  At first I thought that
all 24 ferrets were OK and wrote of my relief to the FML.  Some hours
later I discovered that I had made a mistake during my panic-stricken
head count and 2 of my girls had been stolen.  A week later, after a ton
of searching and advertising, I recovered the body of one, Speedy, in a
neighbouring suburb (She had been killed by a dog after escaping from her
captors) which lead to the discovery of the other one, Tippy, alive and
well.  (She had been sold for $10 by the burglars to a family in the same
street as they lived.)
 
The police now have the names and address of the burglars and it may lead
to the cessation of the spate of home break-ins that have been happening
in our area.
 
The theft of guns and ammo is a worry, isn't it.  I'm so glad your ferrets
are fine and I hope the crims get caught before harm is done.  Apart from
thanking all of the kind folk from the FML for their support and sympathy
during and after the ordeal (I still can't e-mail you personally because
I'm afraid my computer may have a virus and I haven't yet been able to
find if it has) I would like to publicly thank my son Shaun, who, despite
being exhausted, denied himself of sleep prior to doing a 12 hour night
shift, in order to walk the streets with me for hours in our efforts to
find Tippy.  Thank you Sunshine.  What a guy.  And aren't we glad we were
successful!
 
My house and yard have always been thoroughly ferret-proofed for years
as my fur-babies are all free range, but now they are much more
burglar-proof.  Heaven help me if I ever lock my keys inside as I leave
for work because I think I will need dynamite to get back in. :-)
 
Love & Dooks
Shirley.
 
PS Thank you BIG for making my incoherent, panic stricken posts make a
little sense.
[Posted in FML issue 3694]