I had a ferret lose an eye to a furniture staple inside a sofa. He had crawled up inside the sofa and his eye was lacerated and had to be surgically removed. When that horrible incident happened I immediately got rid of my sofa and loveseat and opted for a futon and I've had futons ever since. Please reconsider doing the same - I'd hate to think of another ferret going through what my poor Eddy did. Here's a pic of him after the surgery - hopefully as motivation to those that still have sofas to please get rid of them - or at least make them 100% ferret proof (if that is possible) http://www.ferretocious.com/eddy5.jpg - Laura and The Seattle Seven at http://www.ferretocious.com [Posted in FML issue 5014]