My couch was just fine and dandy until SO brought home Hotspur one day in August. Hotspur managed to figure out in a short period of time that he could get IN the couch from the top. He got stuck. Human ripped the extremely sturdy bottom of my couch to get the brat out. HUman patches the hole. Hotspur rips it open and shows Fidget, who until that moment, was unaware the couch had an IN. Human staples heavy flannel sheet to bottom of couch. Both ferrets work HARD to rip the sheet. they succeed. Human sews on patch. Hotspur rips a new hole by the leg. IN the meantime one two ferret harnesses have disappeared into the couch becuase humans didn't know they had ripped a new hole. Human has brainstorm (thanks to Modern Ferret article). Human runs to garage and grabs all scrap wood, bolts scraps to couch legs. Ferrets very upset...heeheehee. I'm enjoying it while it lasts. I've secured the toolbox in an upstairs closet so the boys can't get to the electric screwdriver and remove the wood. Meanwhile, the second sofa, which also has a ferret hole in it (although patched with a sheet) sits safely in the dining room behind french doors. cheers chris b in WV with Fidget and Hotspur Bacca's Menagerie www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3230/ [Posted in FML issue 2650]