We have a cloth-eater, Mithril. She is a voracious eater in general and until a few weeks ago a real chubby girl. She has trimmed down for the summer now, but is still at a good weight for her height. <G> She is also a biter. She has a definite preference for cotton, but will on occasion eat cotton/synthetic blends that have the texture of cotton or thin synthetics if there's nothing else to eat. She makes a scissor like noise when she does it, so it's easy to catch her in the act. Their primary bedding is a big polyester quilt which they have tucked under the couch. This is rough for Sebastian, because he luxuriates in soft, silky materials, but I can't let them have such things, because Mithril would eat them. We have good luck supplying her with bedding she won't eat. Polyester double knit (so what else is grandma going to do with all that stuff?), very thick fleece, terry cloth, denim, etc. She also seems to do more cloth-eating when she is nervous or bored. If she were a kid, you might call her hyperactive or ADD. For anyone following Mithril's biting problems, we have been handling her VERY carefully and have had no more incidents. If she so much as snaps at us we cage her. I wish she had expressive ears like a cat or a horse, then I would be able to predict her intentions better, but ferret ears don't betray much. We have located a shelter for her and are seriously considering sending her there, but then she does these little things that just break my heart. Like the other day I got out the nail clippers to clip MY nails, and she came running and jumped in my lap. It was so cute, I made my husband get me the ferretone and I put some on her belly and clipped her nails a bit. -Catherine [Posted in FML issue 1879]