I know there are people on this list that have waterbeds. I had a nice wavelss mattress up until about April when it was murdered because some fuzzies who will remain nameless, (only because I couldn't catch anyone at it) decided they wanted to either go to the beach or water ski or some other devilish notion. I am intending on taking out this old carpet & putting tile down, yet this year. I was going to wait until then to set up another mattress, as it is so much of a hassle to drain, etc, but my body is telling me not to wait. What I would like to know is how do you protect your mattress from a little digging machine looking for water? (They have one water pan in the bathtub & another on the floor if they want to play in the water) They got at the last one by a corner & my mattress pad was just on top of the mattress, so they could easily get to the ends, corner or sides. I don't want another mess if I can help it. All hints, suggestions, tried & true methods are welcome. Giving up my water bed is not an option. And this is the only room, (bedroom & bath) that they can play in. At the demise of my water mattress I put in temporarily, a air mattress, it had a life span of two weeks when Cocoa found the place where you put the air in & decided to put holes in it. Very temporary indeed. Lynn & Clan War Weasels [Posted in FML issue 3114]