As a last resort, you might try fine ground black pepper, in small quantities, sprinkled near the doors where your ferret diggs. The digging will stir up just enough to make him start sneezing. He will loose interest very quickly. This will also work in some cases to stop your ferret from using the wrong corners as potty. By "in some cases", I mean, if your ferret smells of the corner before backing into it. I have not had occassion to use this myself, but I mentioned it to some friends who were having some serious problems with their little girl. The digging stopped _IMMEDIATELY_ and she stopped using her favorite corners after only a day. She did try using a couple of other places the next day, but a little black pepper there and she caught on. Just for the record, black pepper or a derivative of black pepper is the key ingredient in some dog repellents. I happened to be down wind of someone who used one a few years ago. I was at least 20 feet away and it was as though I had black pepper tossed in the air in front of me. I sneezed twice. The dog that was the target had lost all interest in the girl and was sneezing and rubbing his nose in the grass. The word from my friends is that they vacuumed the carpets four days later and they have not had any problems in the last three months. Must work. ---------------- "Cats may be cool, but carpet sharks rule!" John Gaver ([log in to unmask]) [Posted in FML issue 0616]