Did I have the worst weekend ever!!! I went home to visit my parents on the weekend (and also because my car had a leak in the gas line) and I brought the ferrets with me. My brother is getting married so I thought I'd go look for a present and leave the kids in my parents care. My parents love the kids to death so I had no problem with leaving the ferrets in their care. Riley, unfortunately can be a real terror at times and he proved to be so that night. My parents recieved a call around 6pm from the neighbour asking if Cheryl and the ferrets were home. Mrs K said she was looking out her back deck window looking for the cat when to her suprise she saw a ferret looking in instead. So my mom shot outside in her sock feet and luckily Riley came around the front of the court and was under another neighbours car. She called him and he came sprinting over. Poor little guy was really scared. Even when I take him for walks he's wants up every few minutes for a little comfort so imagine how frightened he must of been. Our house also backs on to a huge forest but luckly everything ended up okay. So I came home and Riley was back and everything was fine. The kids and I drove back to school that night. When I got home I noticed Nikki acting really strange. She was chewing the air and lying on her side not moving. So Right away I rushed her down to the emergeny vet clinic. They took xrays, etc. Nikki had swallowed something to large to pass. At that point she was convulsing and I was in hysterics. They did an emergency surgery on her and took out a huge clump of plastic from her tiny intestine. I was allowed to bring her home this morning. She is going to be okay but it will take her a couple of mths to fully heal. Thank god for the quick response on the vets part. They saved my baby's life and for that I am eternally grateful. Needless to say the kids no longer have free room of my parents house which we thought was ferret-proof but obviuosly isn't. I'm just so glad Nikki will see her first Christmas and again I want to thank the vets who saved her life. Cheryl, Nikki & Riley [Posted in FML issue 1386]