Ferret bites babies toes off BULL SHIT!

Now I have seen it all. A mom in Benton, Lousiana is claiming that the family pet, a ferret bit the toes off her infant daughter. My wife and I run ferretboard.com a board dedicated to the care of and ownership of ferrets. We've had several ferrets over the years. Owning as many as four at one time, and having an infant in the home, I for one can tell you that this mommy/daddy team was baked on some whacky tabbacky... This just does not happen. While ferrets do bite, and are predators. The domesticated ferret is probably the safest pet you could ever own. Their little jaws just do not have the strength to bite human toes off, at any age.

We currently have one ferret, and I have never had a problem with my current ferret, or the 3 previous with my son. I have a 1.5 year old lab who is dumb as a box of rocks, but the size of a horse, and he worries me more. Even he would not touch my son, again, at any age.

These parents are FULL OF SHIT. Check out the story below:

BENTON, Louisiana (AP) -- A woman jailed after four of her infant daughter's toes were gnawed off says the family's pet ferret did it, not their pit bull pup as police had said.

But her husband blames the dog, a city official said.

"The way the bite marks were on her foot, the ferret being out of its cage, I knew it wasn't the dog," Mary Hansche told KTBS-TV on Tuesday.

The month-old girl was injured December 10 as Hansche, 22, and her husband, Christopher Hansche, 26, slept; they woke up when they heard her crying. (Watch the calls come in to rescue the puppy Video)

The parents were jailed on $50,000 bond each, charged with child desertion and criminal negligence.

The husband had blamed the dog and told police the ferret had been in its cage all night, Bossier City spokesman Mark Natale said Wednesday.

The charges wouldn't change regardless of which pet was involved, Natale said, because the baby "was injured by an animal while in the custody of the parents."

The girl has been released from the hospital and is in state custody.

Attorney Pam Smart said she is waiting for results of a hair analysis to back up the couple's statement that they were not using drugs, calling the case a "very unfortunate accident."

Be sure to check out the Ferret Board at http://www.ferretboard.com to find out the truth about these gentle creatures.