I have always spammed, flamed, cut up, and all that those people that let their pets get out and escape. Today, all my ferts were sleeping except Kodo. He was 'asking' for attention so I got him out and played with him a bit, then let him loose in the house. Went back to the computer to address a job that just came in and also spent time on the phone with my customer. Kodo came in the puter room to visit then left. I finished business then got on the net to surf. Had to get going to hit the auction so went around the house to close it up but discovered the back door was left open and Kodo was no where to be seen !!! Damn!!!! Now *I* was the one to get flamed !!!!! I hunted all around the inside and outside of the house to no avail.. Closed the door, and reinspected all his hiding places inside and went outside. Checked the basement which also had the door open, no luck. Checked front of the house and the woods down back.. no luck. Asked the neighbor to look and keep an eye out while I inspected other neighbor's yards, no luck.. Checked the cellar again, no luck.. Checked inside the house but of course no luck. Went back out, checked the woods again, and the cellar, no luck.. Other neighbor just got home so I asked them to look in their back yard but they had no luck. I was frantic !!!! Once more, I opened the cellar door and lo and behold.. there he was !!!!!! I take them out one at a time to get them familiar with the outside, Kodo will explore but on his own will follow the side of the house to the back door and go back in side. This time in reverse he went to the back yard and into the cellar. Man!!! What luck!!! Now I have to add my own name to the list of dummies that leave doors open so ferts get out, and am thankful to God I found this precious animal. Gordon, Byte-me, Nibble-ed, Kodo, and Bud. [Posted in FML issue 3616]