Sadly, your poor little ferret is probably waiting for his people to come back. I've seen it happen before. One that immediately comes to mind is Sissy who used to climb up on the chair and watch patiently out the window day after day. She was watching for her people and of course they had dumped her. She never really accepted us, just ate and slept there but her heart was always elsewhere. She only lived to be six and died a month after the only ferret she allowed herself to become attached to died. Laurel [Posted in FML 5504]