My son is 14 and has had a water bed for 8 years. When Oscar (my male ferret) came to live with me, my concern was him getting caught between the mattress and boards holding it together. We were very careful and it never happened. When Lilly came to live with us (female albino) she was six weeks old. My son made a ramp for her to climb in bed with him, he promised to be very careful not to let her get in between the mattress and boards. One day we were changing the sheets, my son did not put a fresh set back on the bed like I ask. A few hours later I went into the room, found the sheets on the floor and also felt water. I started looking around the bed and found many, many, many, small puncture wounds in the mattress. Too many to repair. The little red eyed devil, I can just see her running around chasing the noise of the water in the bed. We took the bed apart and bought a new bed with regular mattresses! Happy Thanksgiving to all on the FML. I will be leaving my babies for two days to go to Texas for the holidays. I hate leaving them, besides my children and family, they are what I am thankful this year. God Bless, Carol Oscar (Happy Thanksgiving Easy Off, wish I was going to Texas!) Bailey (I don't want you to leave me mommy) Elle (I will keep you company Bailey) Lilly (If you see some Cheerios at grannies house, bring them home to me mommy) [Posted in FML issue 2504]