Ferret Theme

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 54485

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "werebearloony" <blamange at m...>
wrote:
<snip ferrets>
> Book 1: I have never found a ferret mention in book 1.
Having done a search, there are no ferrets 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.
This is the only occurance of the word "ferret" in book two.
> 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)
It also mentions that Buckbeak was "enjoying a large plate of dead
ferrets" earlier in the conversation.
> 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)  
Buckbeak is also mentioned "ferreting around" for bones when Harry is
with Sirius. (Padfoot Returns)
>Malfoy was transfigured by Moody into a ferret and bounced 
> around the entrance hall (Mad-Eye Moody)
Harry also worries about Moody turning *him* into a ferret:
"Would Moody go to Dumbledore and tell on Hagrid, or just
turn Harry into a ferret? Well, it might be easier to get past a
dragon if he were a ferret, Harry thought dully, he'd be smaller,
much less easy to see from a height of fifty feet.."(The First Task)

And, of course, Hermione throws the ferret incident in Dracos face:
"Twitchy little ferret, aren't you, Malfoy?" (The Yule Ball)
<snip>
> 	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!

Those are the only references I found, and given that I was searching
electronic copies, any other references should have turned up...
--Arcum