Hi everyone. This is my first post. I have been reading all the great articles for a couple of months now. I just love all the funny stuff. It really breaks up the monotony of a slow and boring work day. The information that I have received from all of you has been very rich and useful. I give copies of the FML to my brother and he wished he knew all this stuff before he got his two terrors. Anyways, I will get to my point. I have one precious little girl (Mitzi) and my brother has two feisty girls (Mickey & Matti). The problem isn't mine but his. (He doesn't have access to this stuff so I thought I'd help him out). His girls love to dig at the carpet. They are literally tearing apart his apartment. He has tried bitter apple and a vinegar mixture. He has even put PVC tubing in the corners and NOTHING seems to work. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. There is definitely one thing nice about having ferrets in the family. We babysit a lot for each other. The only bad thing is, is that his girls teach my princess very bad habits, like rattling the heck out of the cage to get attention and climbing over the baby gate to get to the kitchen. Gotta love 'em anyway. Fuzzie love to all! Kim, Darryl and the girls! [Posted in FML issue 1509]