I have a 13-month old female sable named Pepsee. She's been a family member for almost a year now, and we all get along with her very well (even our dog, Petunia, who is usually very jealous), except for her favourite hobby. Pepsee loves to dig, especially at carpets. Whenever she gets bored, she runs to the door of a forbidden room (parent's room, guest room, most often), and begins to dig at the carpet beside it. I was displeased to find out how much damage the little weasel can do in thirty seconds... anyways, I was wondering if anybody has any tips on how to help her cure this habit. She's been digging almost as long as she's been here, and all of her other habits which date from that time have been cured (nipping, pooping outside the litterbox, running up pantlegs, etc.), except this one. She gets cage time when she digs, but that doesn't seem to help like it does for other things (she just digs at her cage carpet... I don't mind if that gets destroyed, but it breeds a bad habit). She knows what "No digging!" means, as she demonstrated to my mother many many months ago, but she seems to enjoy being a brat. Is there some training technique I can use? I've heard that pet repellent sprays can be really harmful to a ferret, and I'm not convinced they would stop her anyways. Do I just have to make sure that she never, ever gets bored (like she doesn't already run my life, anyways)? If so, would getting another ferret help? Sorry that this is kind of long... thanks for your advice, if you have any. [Posted in FML issue 1583]