I just read todays post(Thur.) and was a little bothered by the suggestion of Soft Paws...a vinyl nail cover. I don't think that this is something that should be used on ferrets for many reasons. Mainly, they would probably chew it off and swallow it( causing umpteen million problems). Also, when my guys are wrestling with one another, they are fond of "headlocking" the other ferret. What if one of these nail covers came off and got stuck in an eye? Besides, ferrets have their nails for a reason, if they didn't need them, they wouldn't have them. (HOPEFULLY) No one would ever declaw a ferret, so why try to cover their nails? This is just MY opinion-no offense meant to anyone, but I really think that vinyl nail covers are extremely hazardous to a ferrets health. Lisa [Posted in FML issue 1185]