Halloween “GHOSTLY ” scariest moment of my life!

by S.Costa
(Pittsburgh, PA)

Halloween time was great… until i stored my outdoor decorations in my garage! I have 2 little ferrets and when you see 1 you likely see 2. This day was different… I could tell the 1 ferret was on a search for the other 1. No big deal I thought until moments later… STILL ONLY SEE 1 FERRET. Which at this point… I myself started searching.

I DO NOT CAGE MY FERRETS AND FOR 2 YEARS “NEVER” HAD A PROBLEM. My ferrets are treated as cats and are very lovable carpet sharks. I along with the 1 ferret started checking every hidey hole. Still NO SIGN of the other 1! I think…. maybe it got outside? I doubted it but still went outside on a desperate search at this point. It’s now been like what feels like hours…. I look to my ferret for answers! It was as if he understood me when I said…. Where is Lola?

He went down the steps and I followed… he went into the garage… I too… I am screaming my baby girl’s name and sure enough….. I hear a super faint scratch! I scream her name again…. another scratch but louder… then another and another …. now in a frantic scratch. I realize… the sound is coming from deep within my bagged and boxed up Halloween decorations in the back part of my garage.

I STARTED FLIPPING MY GARAGE I TELL YOU. IT’S BEEN AT LEAST 2 HOURS AND I WAS DESPERATE TO FIND LOLA! I could tell by her intense scratching sounds that she knew I was looking foe her and she was begging for help!

“I FOUND HER… SHE MUST HAVE BEEN SNIFFING THE FRESH NEW SMELLS ON THE RECENTLY OUTDOOR DECOR AND FELL INTO A PLASTIC 4 FT TALL PLASTIC GHOST. This decoration had a hole where a normal size 15 watt light bulb went. Well she found the hole and fell into it and had absolutely no way of getting out. She was completely wet and soiled with her own body waste and had released an odor equal to a skunk and mind you… it was comparable to a dead animal but I got her out and held her and comforted her until she calmed. Down.

SHE WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK AND WAS BEYOND. SCARED.

I bathed her and held her for hours as my other ferret was eagerly standing by me the whole time desperate to greet his lost mate. Her paws were swollen and bleeding, skin must have burned off while she was trying to scratch her way out.

It took about 3 days before she could walk and I threw that damn “GHOST” out! I did not allow either ferret back into the garage for weeks until I ferret proofed my decorations. I ALMOST LOST HER TO MY STUPIDITY OF PLACING THE DECO UPSIDE DOWN FOR STORAGE PURPOSE.

Today… both ferrets are healthy and happy and give more love and affection to my entire family. So… please people…. be careful when rearranging storage areas. Your ferret will sure likely inspect the changes you’ve made!