Hey guys! I just had to add my horror story to the list of others. This was not a house, or a window screen but their travel cage. We had gone to play at a ferret friends house(which by the way I made because of this fabulous FML) It was time to go and I had everyone cozied up in their cage, with a nice blanket over them because it was raining. Everything was going great. I had quite a lot of stuff in my arms so when I got to my car, I set the fuzzies down on their side of the car(No one could park on that side, so they were safer there). I quickly, & I mean quickly, as I could went to my side, unlocked their door from inside(since the key lock didn't work on the passenger side)and went back to the other side to put my babies in the car. When I turned that corner I swear to all of you I thought I was going to faint. No blanket on top, cage door open and not one fuzzie in sight. Immediately I ran around to the other side to get their squeky bird from their toy bag. Well that was all well and fine for four of them, but Nikki is deaf. I squeeked that thing until I thought it was going to explode. There out of the corner of my eye I see Nikki going under a parked car. I kissed that baby until she pushed me away. In the cage she went . This time the cage was IN the car with a twist tie in case. I turned my head just in time to see Sammy's butt and tail dissapear into a small storm pipe. I concentrated on Princess now, my precious Princess. By now I'm crying like crazy, it's raining and cold. Then I see Oscar comomg out of someone's patio. I had to run down the muddy stairs(and I can't run due to serious back problems), through the muddy puddle and scoop her up, followed by tons of muddy kisses. In the cage she went. I'm calling and calling for Sammy and Princess and a man comes from around the corner, is that her? She was 3 cars up the parking lot, muddy, soaking wet. I scooped her up and held her so tight I thought I'd squish her. 2 to go. I looked down the little muddy stairs and here come Sammy, just as happy as can be. "you lookin for me?" the look on his face said it all. Now Tori, my nice clean white albino. I ran around the dumpsters and ther she was, Georgia red mud , red and stringy wet. I had all my babies. I thanked God, I thanked Sandee. I was so grateful I couldn't even be angry about them opening that cage door. So soaking wet, I turned on the heater and pointed it toward them. I Looked at me and I was covered with mud, from kissing and hugging. I looked liked a drowned rat and THEY looked liked drowned weasels. But I didn't care, I had my babies. What a horrible gut wrenching time finding them all. I WAS NOT LEAVING until I had them all. No one got a cold(not even me)and now, I put 2 clip locks on the cage door. I NEVER should have taken my eyes off them for a second. I did though, and I was lucky. Just thinking about this still upsets me to think I came that close to losing 1 or more or ALL of my babies. THAT will never happen again!!!! A lesson learned Sue & Crew, Princess, Tori, Oscar, Sammy, & Nikki [Posted in FML issue 3768]