I have ferret proofed my house. Looked at/in/up/down/all around EVERYTHING. The not so safe areas are closed off. The kitchen/bathroom cabinets have lovely dowels running through the handles making it imposable for ferrets to open. Nice. I have Bizzy, a tiny little thing, less than a pound. She named herself. She has two speeds, fast and faster. She also levitates. Yesterday I noticed 3 ferrets standing on their hind legs looking up to a dinning room chair. The chair is oak, with round rungs from seat to back rest. In between two rungs was Bizzy, head and front legs through, body resting on seat. I tried to gently remove her, and soon realized she was *stuck*. Very seriously stuck. She stopped moving, open mouth, was she even breathing? Ran to the garage, grabbed the first thing I thought would pry the rungs apart. One rung split, but the wrong direction, I couldn't get any leverage on the other. Back to the garage for the biggest hammer I could find. Whacked the rungs for what seemed like hours, had to break two, but I was able to get Bizzy out. Her little chest was compressed, and she was blue. I blew into her mouth, and then remembered Sukie's *gentle cheek puffs*. Bizzy coughed, and started to come around. Took her to my vet, by the time we arrived she acted as if nothing had happened. X-rays showed no damage, and no fluid build up in her chest. Folks, I measured the area where she was stuck. ONE HALF INCH. The area above is almost one inch where I think she first got her head and legs through, then in her struggle had slipped down into the very narrow area. I try not to dwell on the *what ifs*. For Sale Oak dinning set, six chairs. One slightly damaged by 15 ounce ferret and hammer. Ardith with many more gray hairs [Posted in FML 5617]