Hello to all I'm a FML-reader and decided to make a comment There is an article about declawing ... this disturbs me ferrets are by nature diggers and scratchers I personally think it's inhumane to declaw anything What I would suggest is to keep nails trimmed or to cover the area that's being shredded with a blanket so the scratching is done on that I have two myself and if there's something I don't want ruined I either block the area off or cover it with a towel /blanket so their attention goes to burring themselves into that or better yet find a carpet dealer and see if they won't give you a couple sample pieces and lay them in front of the couch so the scratching will be done on that anyway... love them critter's ( Sabation & Gabriell ) and their mom Heidi [Posted in FML issue 2243]