Hi all It was a very hard time for me at that time .... I had to go to Kelowna B.C. to be with my mom & dad... see...dad was very ill. I was helping to take mom to the hospital every day to be with dad ..... a long story short..... I lost my dad and hubby and my daughter came to comfort me and then there was the funeral ... well hubby had to leave our 2 sons and my baby "Sheena" in the care of daughters boyfriend for a few days. When we got back all I wanted to do was hug Sheena .... hubby didn't tell me that she had been mission for 2 days!!! he knew I couldn't take that news. I got into the house and went right to her cage. There was NO Sheena!!!!! my heart sank ... I looked at hubby and then I started a rampage around the house .... I looked in ALL her hidy-holes.......NO Sheena .....I started crying ....that was when hubby told me she was missing........ now this was in Feb. in alberta.....it was cold out!!! It was now 2:00 am and I was outside looking in the gutters of our street .....calling her name..... I didn't about the neighbors......MY BABY was missing!!!!! Hubby got me to come back inside and tried to comfort me again ........ I felt totally lost now........ losing my beloved dad ....and now my Sheena ....... how could I cope! The next day .... I don't know if I slept or not that night ... hubbies dad wanted to got into town for something and they wouldn't leave me alone at all, so I had to go with them. when we got back home I was walking up the steps to the front door and ......... I saw the most BEAUTIFUL site........ it was a "Sheena" poop!!!!!!!!!!! I started streaming.............. A Sheena poop everyone................it wasn't there last night!! Well ... that started an ALL-OUT search ....... I heard something under our steps at the front door.............. hubby yelled out .............get some celery....fast!!!! My son brought out a stalk of celery and hubby put into a crack between the step and the house .....well guess what ..........a VERY hungry and scared little dirty gray Sheena clamped onto that celery with ALL her might..... we got her out of there and into my arms ....... MY baby was OK!!!!!!! she slept for 2 days... but when she was awake ..... she never let my out of her sight :) and I never left her with anyone EVER again :))))))))))))))))))))) I still feel the emotions I felt that day I found her, she was my sweetheart. I will always miss her but even now.... she can make me laugh at the things we used to do together. K.Moore <a href="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/1634/ferret.html"> HUG your babies and play your games as much as you can......and savor those memories forever [Posted in FML issue 2629]