I couldn't help but chuckle at Todd's post about the tiny tool kits.  He
is right though.  If any of you are considering ferrets but haven't
purchased yet be sure that you aren't too deeply tied to any material
possession.  They know which things you treasure most!  We finally
splurged a year ago and bought a new sofa.  Now that my kids were grown
and moved out I finally bought an expensive one and even paid extra to
have it Scotchgarded.  I adopted a new ferret and within weeks he'd
tunneled through the sides and stored all his treasures up in the back
after destuffing it.  Next ferret I adopted decided to use it for a
latrine and he had diarrhea at the time.  Do you have any idea how
embarrassing it is to be entertaining company and have your sofa pass
gas!  We took out our beautiful oak trimmed sofa, burned it as there
was nothing left of it by then and even steam cleaning couldn't get rid
of the odor.  We bought a $75.00 well used sofa, moved it in and they
completely ignore it so all is well again.  We decided we'd rather have
ferrets than furniture any day LOL
 
Laurel and the five furry homewreckers
[Posted in FML issue 3867]