I think you need to find new homes for your ferrets quickly. If you have this much hostility toward poor "ferret X" I'm sure he senses it and is responding accordingly. I have a troublesome ferret who has cost me many dollars in destructive behavior and I wouldn't trade him for the world. He has a hole in my new sofa which I was upset at the damage but not at him. He has also destroyed clothing items, food items, etc. but he is very active and it is my fault when I don't put something up away from him. Having ferrets in a house is like having two year olds. You put things out of reach because you know they are going to get into them if you don't. Please don't keep these clever, sensitive little animals if you are no longer able to give them the time and attention they deserve. I would gladly take your "ferret X" and give him a good home if you can get him to me just email me privately. Sometimes situations change and you need to adapt with them. Laurel and the mighty Taz monster also Weasey, Franny, and Sissy [Posted in FML issue 3581]