I know this has been mentioned before, but I want to share our recent story of a lost ferret and how the suggestions of our members here helped bring her home safely. Last week I was heading up to the house to do ferret care when my cell phone rang. It was my friend in the next block up the street. His neighbor saw a ferret running around at the bottom of my block. Not knowing who's ferret, (but HIGHLY suspecting it came from my house...considering the number in residence with proximity to the sighting) the search party formed. Within talking to two neighbors closest to the sighting, we found that a neighbor I had talked to before had found the ferret, knew where to look first and had returned her to one of the renters that answered the door (who btw also have ferrets of their own at the house). I walked in asking who it was, where they were and if they were ok. To my surprise it turned out to be one of mine. I could not imagine how on earth this could be since my ferret room door is closed when I'm not there. Did this ferret have Casper powers? The tenant says "It was the little one" AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH....LISA SIMPSON....things were starting to make sense. Renter informs me of chain of events he deduced in how she managed to escape. There is a little gap between the door and the floor because my house is sloped. Lisa had shown me before that she could squeeze under the door with the greatest of ease AND propel over the next obstacle, the 3 foot partition..(why you ask, do you not have tubing over the partition?) Good question....because she can get a paw in the very furthest corner and that is enough for her to bypass this obstacle.... this one is really a handful...she must be part weasel..... Foolishly thinking that I had one up'd her and remedied the problem, I cut a piece of french drain tubing and slipped it under the widest end of the bottom of the door where there was a gap. That little stinker PUSHED the french drain tubing aside, slipped under the door, over the partition and out into the common area of the house that my renters occupy. They didn't notice her out, opened the back door to let out their dogs and out she went. What helped find her: Neighborhood awareness. Everyone in a three block radius knows I have a ferret rescue. They have all seen me walking (when I could) with ferrets. They know what ferrets look like. You would be surprised how many people do not know what a ferret looks like!!! This is what helped Lisa Simpson safely return home. Lisa was hiding from me when I came up to the ferret room to discuss her badness. She seemed to have learned her lesson as she shivered as I corrected her. I felt that she had been scared straight and gave her a hug, she gave me kisses and I gave her a tiny little tap on the butt and true to Lisa Simpson form, gave me a retaliatory nip and scampered off. Kids. Kimberly Fox Director/Rescue Mom Somethin Up My Sleeve Ferret Rescue http://companiontalk.terrabox.com/SUMS-Rescue.html Help The Helpless. SUPPORT PRIVATE RESCUE Pay Pal accepted for donations at this email address. [Posted in FML 5806]