It appears that the parents were not home:

<http://www.examiner.net/features/x536826501/Grain-Valley-couple-arrested-charged-in-ferret-attack-on-child>

The ferret's stomach contained blood but they do NOT say that they
included any fingers or parts of fingers, so I have to wonder if the
ferret was simply trying to lick the wounds clean. The swing had been
removed which makes me wonder if the fingers were lost to the swing.

Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump
off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall)

[Posted in FML 7094]