Gordon mentioned that since it is winter and the ferrets can't go out on the porch, that they have to spend their days in the cage because they get into the furniture. Well being a ferret mom for 20 yrs I've found a simple solution for that. I just take the legs off my furniture! Also, I only buy couches that are low to the ground so that I can remove the legs and you don t even notice. I also inspect all of the seat seams to be sure that no ferret can wedge down into the couch either. I had an old couch that they were always getting inside of even after I removed the legs, so I used Great Stuff to seal off all the areas they could get into under the cushions. Wasn t very pretty w/o the cushions, but you'd never know when they were on! As for my box springs of my bed, well all I did was rip the lining off the bottom. Nothing for them to climb up into so they don't bother w/it anymore - OR you could cover the bottom of the box springs w/plywood. I suppose you could do the same thing w/the couches - which I have also done in the past - so that I could leave the legs on. We have no recliner type of furniture here! And I've made cardboard and duct take barricades around the undersides of the cupboards as there were areas they could climb in behind the cupboards. They are all now completely ferret-proof! So maybe, Gordon, you could get some plywood and cover the bottom of that furniture they like to burrow into, and if they aren't really nice, brand new pieces, Great Stuff works GREAT for sealing those crevices under the cushions! - heck, maybe duct tape might work too. Never tried it as I've always made sure I bought ferret-proof' couches after the Great Stuff ones! They say it's like The Force! I use it all the time for other areas! Oh, and a funny story when I got my last set of couches. They are pretty low to the ground, so I could have removed the legs, but I figured I'd try something else. As the delivery guys were pulling off the plastic coverings and putting the legs on I asked them to stop. Then I went and got a box cutter and cut all the bottom lining off the couches! They just stood there in shock and amazement and I striped that stuff right off! I told them I knew this would probably void any warranty, but I had ferrets that liked to rip holes in the lining, then climb inside so I was gonna give this a try. They looked at me like "Ok, lady, whatever" then went back to putting the rest of the couches in place and I overheard them saying something 'Well THAT'S a new one!" It was pretty funny to see their faces as I attacked that lining tho!! Just wanted to share how I keep my ferrets OUT of my furniture while still letting them roam around the house to make deposits in the corners! Dawn, Socrates, Romeo, Alexander and Simon [Posted in FML 6176]