Rogue ferret attacks woman while sleeping in bed
A ROGUE ferret has attacked a Sydney woman in her bed while she slept. And after being thrown out into the backyard, the unperturbed animal came back for more.
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A ROGUE ferret has attacked a Baulkham Hills woman in her bed while she slept.
The woman, who did not wish to be named, told the Hills Shire Times she was sleeping in bed around 10.30pm on Monday last week, when she felt a searing pain and something latching onto her cheek.
“The second it bit my face I woke up and grabbed onto it,” the woman said.
“It didn’t get to bite me too hard, because I grabbed its jaw pretty quickly.”
The woman said she called out for her husband to help her and was convinced her dog had bitten her while she slept.
“I realised my little white dog was sleeping on the end of the bed the whole time the incident was taking place, he didn’t wake up at all,” she said.
‘My husband ran into the room and tried to free it from my face, but I could feel the teeth digging into my cheek.
“Once he got it off my face, we realised it was a pure white ferret.”
After throwing the ferret outside into the backyard, the couple were shocked to discover the animal had come back for more, entering through an unlocked dog door.
“We chased it out again and it went into a neighbour’s backyard,” she said.
“It wasn't spooked by us, it came back for more.”
The Coronation Rd resident was treated by a neighbouring doctor and was given a tetanus shot the following day.
“We are still in shock,” she said.
“I was really concerned it could get into someone else’s house and attack a child.
“I had a very swollen jaw and it ripped at my cheek — but I am feeling a lot better now.”
The woman said neighbours had also sighted the snow white ferret roaming backyards since the attack.
