Hi all, I was hesitant in sharing this new discovery with anyone on the list, I wanted to test it sufficiently first. With my experience so far (1 month), it seems to be a happy solution for ferret proofing. When I was living at school in a house near frat row, the back doors to our house kept getting broken. So, the house manager installed Lexan instead of glass. Lexan is a magical stuff that is virtually unbreakable and unmarrable, which can be used in place of glass or Plexiglas. Unlike Plexiglas, it does not mar when you scratch it, so you don't end up with little Lexan flakes everywhere (not to mention, as a theater techie mentioned to me, Plexiglas is toxic). They installed the Lexan on the doors about 6 or 7 years ago, and it's weathered everything from full beer bottles to crowbars. So, when Corey and I were looking for a way to keep the kids from scratching at the closet door (we've tried *everything*, trust me), I mentioned Lexan to Corey, and off to Home Depot we went. The stuff is *pricey*, about 20% more expensive than Plexiglas in our area, but so far, it's worth it. In terms of installation, Corey found that if you cut it (using a glass cutter or a special plastic cutter you can find in the same section of Home Depot) to just a smidge wider than the doorway you want to block, and just tall enough to step over, it will hold itself in place with tension. This is particularly good for ppl in apartments that can't afford to "install" anything. If you do have a house, there are mounts you can use to hold it in place. I believe you can also hook it up much the same way you would a small door, with hinges and such. The advantages here are a-plenty. My hot-blooded albino boy Gabe tirelessly scratched at it for about .5 hour: it didn't make a sound, and it didn't *scratch*. It still hasn't been marred in any way, and Gabe scratches at that thing *daily*. No noise, no little flecks of evil toxic stuff, and no damage to the apartment. The 36" x 48" piece we got cost us in the neighborhood of $30 with tax. They sell it in larger pieces as well, so if you wanted to get a really big piece and cut it in multiple pieces to cover several doorways, it would probably be less expensive. And if you live in apartments and homes with standard-sized doorways, you can generally carry these pieces from home to home and reuse them, which saves money in the long run. Thought I'd share, Andrea Gabriel - **scratch scratch scratch scratch scratch scratch ** Lucy Furr - "I'll just put the treat container safely away over here..." Tiki - "I'm the foster kid extraordinaire!" ~ + ~ + ~+ ~ +~ + ~ + ~ + ~ + ~ + ~ Andrea Mercado - Web Developer T3 Media, Inc. 285 W. B'way, NYC vox: 212.334.0944 ext 256 fax: 212.334.2472 e: [log in to unmask] Visit our site at http://www.t3media.com ~ + ~ + ~+ ~ +~ + ~ + ~ + ~ + ~ + ~ [Posted in FML issue 2567]