Ferret Theme

[werebearloony]

No: HPFGUIDX 54480

I apologize if this has been done before I couldn't find it on my own 
and so decided that someone needed to point this out. --loony
As a ferret owner I always notice when ferrets come up in a book, 
newspaper article, ect.  so when I got further into the HP books how 
could I miss the ferret mentions. Have you noticed that ferrets seem 
to come up a lot in the HP books?  They appear in books 2-4 (all we 
have so far) and if we work with the theory that book 1 was more of a 
prequel to the rest of the books and so some patterns could start in 
book 2, there is a pattern.
Book 1: I have never found a ferret mention in book 1.
Book 2: "Mortlake had to be taken in [to the department of 
experimental charms] for having some very odd ferrets."(The
Burrow)  
The ferrets had somehow been cursed or changed.
Book 3: Buckbeak eats a ferret.  When Hagrid is talking to Harry and 
Ron about their treatment of Hermione Buckbeak spits some ferret 
bones onto Hagrid's pillow. (Snape's Grudge)
Book 4: Rita Skeeter is constantly being compared with a ferret, 
e.g. "Rita Skeeter's been ferreting around all week
"
(Mayhem at the 
Ministry)  Malfoy was transfigured by Moody into a ferret and bounced 
around the entrance hall (Mad-Eye Moody)
Ferrets, it seems always have something bad happening to them.  And 
then you get Rita being compared to a ferret.  It can be inferred 
that J.K.R. is telling us to worry about (or look forward to) 
something bad happening to Rita.
	This is my pet project, I think I've found all of the ferret 
references in the book, but if you have found one that I didn't
list 
here (except for more Rita/Ferret details which I left out so as not 
to bore you too much) please tell me.  Especially if you have found 
one in book 1!
--Loony