Moxie, This is what I had to do with mine - don't worry, no one can see it, and if you can, get someone to help you, I did it alone, and it took me over 5 hours and lots of swearing!!! The fuzzies were certainly no help either!!! Measure your bed (mine is a king - 6 feet by 6 feet) go off to the hardware store and buy really strong chicken wire, and duct tape. Get a staple gun and staples. Rip the canvassing cover off the box spring (mine was already torn to shreds - it's not that hard tho). Make sure you get all of it off- they can get their claws in there and get stuck. Put box spring up side down on the floor, and staple the chicken wire to the bottom of the box spring. I had to buy mine in three strips and "sew" them together with metal "thread -wire?". Then, put lots of duct tape around the edges where you stapled it to the bed, and make sure to tape around the edges of the chicken wire - it is very sharp. Put bed back together and voila!!! Ferret proofed!!! Good luck and have fun Marion [Posted in FML issue 3027]