Hi Risa You will probably get lots of good advice on flooring to use for hind leg weakness in ferrets...which we all could have occur in one of ours. I use the flooring that is used in schools. It can be dull and not slippery...the way it comes. Or you can put down 3 coats of polish that stays on for months...except where the ferrets are pooping. Those areas need retouching. I also have hall rugs that I get at Home Depot for very low price for flooring for the guys in the winter, or when I have one or more with Hind leg weakness. The tile is cheap, yet if scuffed, it still has color underneath. The movie theaters here are using it in red and yellow, put on a slant. It is colorful, safe, non slippery, and good for a ferret room. I also have it in the halls and kitchen. You can find it at Home Depot or Menards. There are a number of colors to chose from. If I had it to do all over again, I would have put it down on a slant, and mixed two colors. It has small flex of other colors, so it hides bits of kitty litter and dirt nicely. [Posted in FML issue 4908]