(I would have responded to this sooner but just now getting time to read the last two weeks of the FML!) "but I swear Danny is getting INTO it somewhere somehow because when I flip the thing over (the bottom cloth has been long gone) he is nowhere to be seen & I can't get him to come to me to put him in the cage for the night when I can't find him! Any tips would be greatly appreciated!" Years ago my ferrets were getting inside the sofa. And one day, one of them came out with blood around his eye. I rushed him to the vet and soon realized that he must have caught his eye on a furniture staple inside the sofa. His eye had to be completely removed. When I got home that day I dragged both the sofa and loveseat to the curb. PLEASE - before something similar happens to this ferret or one of the others - do what I did. Get rid of this sofa and get a ferret-safe futon instead. Others I have heard have successfully blocked their ferrets from entering their sofas were sturdy fabric or by remove the sofa legs and having it rest on the ground. Just please do something before something happens. Laura and the Seattle Seven at www.ferretocious.com PS: here's a picture of poor Eddy after his eye was removed - www.ferretocious.com/eddy/eddy5B.jpg D PPS: I have two deaf fuzzies and sometimes it is hard to locate them when they're off snoozing. What I've done is put super cozy sleep pouches in my closet - and 90% of the time that's where they're found. [Posted in FML 5382]