I appreciate all the suggestions about ferret hammocks. I'm still a little unsure of how to hang it -- should I try to hang it so that it's almost flat -- as in an end profile of the following: . . . ------\\\ ///------ . . . \\\______/// where the slope is, if anything, gentle (okay, the ASCII diagram above is really crude), or should I try to hang it so that it's more like a sling: | | | | \ / \ / \ / \ / ' (Ferrets deleted from above diagrams.) In other words, what's the tension I should look for? Sherman Dorn [Posted in FML issue 1034]