A young couple from Rosmalen suddenly had a very special roommate on Saturday morning. After they had done their shopping, a ferret casually walked in through the front door with them. The animal then barricaded itself in the bathroom.
Surprised by their new roommate, the couple called the Den Bosch animal ambulance, which sent two employees to pick up the ferret. An appeal has now been placed on social media. Who owns this ferret? Someone soon came forward who recognized the animal, it was her neighbor’s ferret.
The ferret, who turned out to be named Freddy, was quickly reunited with his owner. “It’s a female,” owner Daniëlla, who was at work when the ferret escaped, tells Omroep Brabant. “We’ve had Freddy for three months now and she’s escaped once before.”
“Freddy and the dog can’t see or hear each other.”
When the family is not at home, Freddy sits in a cage, equipped with a nice bed, litter box, hammock and food. “But when we get home, we let her out. It’s my son’s pet. You have to let a ferret like that walk around for two to six hours a day.”
However, Daniëlla’s dog and the ferret cannot smell or see each other. “So if Freddy goes out of the cage, the dog has to go.”
“Freddy ran like crazy to the door.”
Normally Daniëlla and her son always pay close attention to whether the front door is closed. But now her ex-husband came along and was just not attentive.
“Freddy ran like crazy to the door and took off. That happened this morning. She was found later that day further down the street. She may have been in a shed for a while because she can make herself very thin and only has a small need a hole to get in somewhere.”
Training the ferret is difficult. “It is a very smart animal. Even smarter than the dog. But Freddy is also very stubborn. We just have to be even more careful when we open the door.”
