what do i do when my ferret gets outside every week by tearing open the drier hose and making a makeshift exit

Question

we always have to put up posters outside and our neighbors find her

Answer 1

Confine her to one FERRET PROOF room.

Ferret Proofing Checklist
1) Are all cleaning supplies and medications stored in top cabinets or cabinets with strong childproof latches?

2) Are the spaces under cabinets, stoves, refrigerators and dishwashers blocked off in the kitchen and bathroom? Are all small openings that could lead to the outside or inside the walls blocked off?

3) Are the toilet lids down when the ferrets are about (ferrets can climb into toilets while trying to drink the water)?

4) Is the bar soap in an area that is out of the reach of your ferret (ferrets can climb onto some bathroom counters and can reach the bathtub soap dish)?

5) Are foam rubber or soft rubber items such as hand exercise weights, shoe inserts, toys, buckets with foam rubber handles, coasters, rubber bands or drink holders out of the reach of your ferret?

6) Are all sponges and Styrofoam products in an area where your ferret can't reach them?

7) Are your house plants out of ferret reach?

8) Do you have a "ferret safe" room in your home where your ferrets can play without constant supervision? Are your ferrets caged when you are asleep or not home?

9) Are unsafe rooms blocked off with ferret proof barriers?

10) Is your laundry room always blocked off and off limits to your ferret?

11) Do you make sure your ferret is not inside a chair or couch before you sit down? Are there openings in the couch or chair where your ferret can hide and come into contact with couch stuffing?

12) Do you check your laundry before you put it in the washing machine to make sure there isn't a sleeping ferret in the clothing?
Do you check the clothes dryer before you run it?

13) Do you check the inside of the dishwasher before you start it?

14) Do you have a chair that reclines? Do make sure all of your ferrets are accounted for before you recline in it (ferrets can get crushed in chair and couch springs)?

15) Are there pieces of furniture or shelving that your ferret can climb and get hurt if they fall? Do you supervise them around these items?

16) Do you cut cardboard toilet paper and paper towel rolls in half before throwing them in a wastebasket (ferrets can get their head stuck in them and suffocate)? Do you make sure that you keep wastebaskets with harmful material out of your ferret's reach?

17) Are your ferret's toys made out of hard rubber, tightly braided rope, and plastic? Do they play with sturdy stuffed animals that don't have small pieces that can be chewed off?

I take it your dryer isn't in an actual laundry room, or you could just close off that room to your ferret.
You could also invest in a small animal playpen.
Whatever you do do SOMETHING fast. You have been very lucky to have your neighbors find her every time. You won't always be this lucky. She's going to get hurt by another animal, hit by a car, stuck somewhere she cannot get unstuck from or catch some kind of disease. Good luck.

Answer 2

Get a piece of Metal braid used in the production of metal hose and cover the ducting with it. I doubt if the Ferret can tear it appart. Obviously you will need to secure it at both ends. Might be a tad expensive.

So here is a cheaper but less sure alternative.
Cover the Ducting with a piece of pipe insulation, they are generally split length wise, then Wrap the Ducting with Duct Tape, or any even more tear resistant tape.

Answer 3

I think the obvious solution is to keep her away from the dryer. Supervision goes a long way with ferrets.

Answer 4

cover the hose in chicken wire

Answer 5

Keep it out of the laundry room.

Answer 6

get the tin dryer hose....