![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Oh, my GOD and help?
Jun. 28th, 2008 06:52 pmETA: Ferrets have been found! My mom went outside and started talking (after I told her what I saw) to the fert, and a big brown hob came right up to her (I called, but he didn't come to me). Then, when we were getting the extra cage from the basement, I told her that that wasn't the ferret I saw...and I was right. When we were getting the cage outside to take up the deck, I saw the silver ferret that I had seen earlier back in their yard. I ran over talking softly to her, and she flinched every time I spoke. So I slowed down and walked over silently, and she let me pick her up. She was sooo small!
Unfortunately, the owner saw me in his yard, and exclaimed over the ferret and how they had been "lost" a few days ago when they were cleaning the cage...I had to give her back. And the other one, because I told him that we had found both, without thinking. He apparently doesn't like them, but his brother, who owns them, does. The rest of the family is already back in NY. We did offer to take them in, if they didn't want them anymore...but no dice. I hope they really do have a good home. Their fur felt nice and soft, and they didn't look sick, but they were out for a couple of days, and they were *thin*.
Since they weren't mine, I had to give them back, but I hope it really was the right thing to do.
***
So, I have neighbors who I'm not particularly fond of due to some things they've done, but they're leaving, so yay! But I just saw something that made me actually hate them.
I noticed the other day that they had a wire cage outside. It looked like it could have housed a rabbit or ferret. I thought it might be a ferret since there was also a clear plastic ball that could hold a ferret inside (evil!). Since our yards are separated by a fence, I didn't look into it too closely, other than to hope that whatever pet they had wasn't still in that cage, hopefully it had passed on and wasn't getting RAINED on or sitting out in OPPRESSIVE HEAT.
I was right, it's not in the cage - it's in the yard. And it is indeed a ferret. When I first saw it, I thought it might have been a squirrel (it was gray and white) rolling around in the grass, but then it sat up in classic ferret fashion. I ran outside to try to get it and bring it to my house (I have an extra cage available to house it). By the time I got outside, it had already disappeared into the woods behind our house.
Do you have any suggestions on how I can perhaps catch this ferret? I'm pretty sure it's not wild, as VA doesn't have wild ferrets, but it really doesn't seem to like humans. Also, there is the fence to consider. I think it'll probably stay outside in the back, so I'm not sure if I can lure it up to the front of our house to make it easier to catch.
Any ideas?
Unfortunately, the owner saw me in his yard, and exclaimed over the ferret and how they had been "lost" a few days ago when they were cleaning the cage...I had to give her back. And the other one, because I told him that we had found both, without thinking. He apparently doesn't like them, but his brother, who owns them, does. The rest of the family is already back in NY. We did offer to take them in, if they didn't want them anymore...but no dice. I hope they really do have a good home. Their fur felt nice and soft, and they didn't look sick, but they were out for a couple of days, and they were *thin*.
Since they weren't mine, I had to give them back, but I hope it really was the right thing to do.
***
So, I have neighbors who I'm not particularly fond of due to some things they've done, but they're leaving, so yay! But I just saw something that made me actually hate them.
I noticed the other day that they had a wire cage outside. It looked like it could have housed a rabbit or ferret. I thought it might be a ferret since there was also a clear plastic ball that could hold a ferret inside (evil!). Since our yards are separated by a fence, I didn't look into it too closely, other than to hope that whatever pet they had wasn't still in that cage, hopefully it had passed on and wasn't getting RAINED on or sitting out in OPPRESSIVE HEAT.
I was right, it's not in the cage - it's in the yard. And it is indeed a ferret. When I first saw it, I thought it might have been a squirrel (it was gray and white) rolling around in the grass, but then it sat up in classic ferret fashion. I ran outside to try to get it and bring it to my house (I have an extra cage available to house it). By the time I got outside, it had already disappeared into the woods behind our house.
Do you have any suggestions on how I can perhaps catch this ferret? I'm pretty sure it's not wild, as VA doesn't have wild ferrets, but it really doesn't seem to like humans. Also, there is the fence to consider. I think it'll probably stay outside in the back, so I'm not sure if I can lure it up to the front of our house to make it easier to catch.
Any ideas?
