I appreciate all the suggestions about ferret hammocks.  I'm still a
little unsure of how to hang it -- should I try to hang it so that it's
almost flat -- as in an end profile of the following:
 
. . . ------\\\             ///------ . . .
                \\\______///
 
where the slope is, if anything, gentle (okay, the ASCII diagram above
is really crude), or should I try to hang it so that it's more like a
sling:
 
      |                |
      |                |
       \              /
         \          /
           \      /
             \  /
               '
 
(Ferrets deleted from above diagrams.)
 
In other words, what's the tension I should look for?
 
Sherman Dorn
[Posted in FML issue 1034]