This probably doesn t help at all. And surely it is not what you are looking for. But I have not come up with any answers for this. You might just want to stick to wooden chairs. Out ferrets have gone behind the cushions to the sides and dug a hole so they can get into the couch since they cant get under the couch. My supposedly better half keeps cracking jokes about the ferrets using it for a litter box but we don t smell anything yet so I think we are currently okay in that department. But I am still going to turn it over and take the bottom off so I can see what the inside of the couch looks like. I am afraid of foam or something inside it. They can probably find all kinds of things to chew on in there. As of right now, no one sits on the love seat either when the ferrets are out until we find out about springs and such. And the ferrets are out quite a bit. I was thinking the other day why futons are highly recommended when you share your home with ferrets. I will surely be reading the responses with this subject line. Got to love the little guys, they sure are Entertaining. Molly Wilson's Feed and Stock http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/SuburbanSt/wilsons-feed-stock/index.html [Posted in FML issue 3759]