Melissa here - just moved into a new house, so the kids are THRILLED.
ecstatic.  Me too!  the kitchen cabinets are completely ferret-proof, as is
Noodle n' Friday's new room.  Yaaaay!  All i have to do is sew up Brett's
couch so Potpie can't get in and get squished.
 
So, we ended up watching Noodle and Friday last night instead of the movie
we'd put in the VCR; Noodle figured out how to get both himself and Friday
up onto the waist-level closet shelf, and then neither could get down.  oh,
for a camera, as Friday pulled a plastic bag down from the shelf above and
then both ferrets frustratedly tried to get back to the floor to play with
their new toy.  :)
 
Friday is the least coordinated ferret ever.  She cant even stand on her
hind legs without toppling; when jumping from John's shoulder to the futon
back, she landed nose-first and then smacked herself with her own butt
before tumbling down the rest of the very gently sloped futon back.  This
only being a jump of approx. 10 inches...hee.  She promptly galloped back
up to the futon back, unperturbed.  hee.
 
Anyway.  Anyone know if adding fabric to the crevice where the couch back
meets the couch seat (the thing ferrets crawl into to get into couches) and
sewing that opening over works to prevent very persistent, stubborn, and
oft-made-furious ferrets from getting into furniture?  Danke!
 
Melissa (not hopeful), Potpie (IT IS MINE), Noodle (*slam*), and Friday
(*whump*)
 
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      Melissa Litwicki                              "Is it ... atomic?"
      [log in to unmask]                             "Yes! VERY atomic!"
[Posted in FML issue 1633]