About four months ago (6 weeks after I got her at age 5 months) I noticed that my ferret, Baby, liked one of my nightgowns. I saw her dragging it into her bed. She always sleeps by herself quite a bit, so I thought oh, she can just have it. About a week later I did their laundry (I have five) and noticed two small cuts it. I thought it was weird that the washing machine had done that. When I gave it back to her I just laid it in the floor. It stayed in that place. Everybody slept on it. She didn't seem to care about it anymore and since it was now ruined I just let the kids keep it. I would wash it but I never noticed anything b/c I would just scoop it up and then after coming out of the dryer toss it back on the ground for them to play in while warm. Well, about a week ago at 3:00 AM I here this weird sound. Kinda like teeth grinding but not quite. Upon my investigation I find her chewing the fabric. No, she is EATING it! I Now hold it up. She has consumed great quantities of the night gown. At least 3/4 yard of fabric is GONE. I panick. Take it away tell her "NO" like it was going to do any good. I thought maybe she just had a fondness for the fabric so I removed every piece of anything that had that silky polyester finish feel like the night gown was made of. If it wasn't cotton it left the room. Well no such luck. My plot didn't work. This morning I caught her eating the crochet lace on my antique bed ruffle, all cotton. What can I do? I figure she has consumed at minimum of 6X6 inch piece of fabric every month. I can't believe I haven't had any health problems associated with this, knock on wood. I checked her teeth and all seems fine. She is a little grey bib ferret that hears just fine. MF now about 10 months old. They are free roam in a large bedroom and bathroom. I spend at least 6 waking hours with them plus all the midnight madness, you KNOW what I mean*LOL* She is a little scary cat at times. Just more alert than the others but she doesn't seem to have any trust issues as she sleeps with mw at times. Also, feels free to sleep in the middle of the floor while I have to move around her. I don't know. Please help with any suggestions or comments. I feel danger lurking very nearby. Thanks, Mary Jo [Posted in FML issue 4107]