Hi, Dave! If you like the look of wood, go to our website www.zoosferretsanctuary.org and look at the picture of our playroom at the bottom of our homepage. Believe it or not, the floor is a one piece sheet of linoleum! If you click on "Stantz Riley & Goon", and scroll clear to the bottom, there`s a pretty good shot of the floor there. Several other good shots of the floor under "Indiana kids" The floor underneath must be good, or it will look cheap & bumpy--so there may be some prep work to do--but being one piece, it`s much more hygienic than tiles, with all the gaps to trap urine & bacteria. This flooring took about 1 1/2 hours for my hubby to install, after the prep work he did. Even scrub water causes tiles to pull up, with time. (Our main room is tile.) Our linoleum came in 12` wide, but I hear it can be found in 16` too. People often say "OMG--How do you keep up wood flooring with ferrets?" It looks real. (A really good fake LOL) Your wife is correct--Carpeting isn`t the best idea with ferrets :) Best wishes. Love, Zoo ps--Our site hasn`t been updated in a long time. Kinda busy here LOL. [Posted in FML 7342]