Couches...........

by Aubrey Mason
(San Antonio, Texas, USA)

We have three Ferrets. They love to play, love to dig....

Most couches have an airspace between them and the floor. They also have material to prevent dust and debris accumulating in the couch. Ferrets love to displace or dig into the material, gaining access to the internals of the couch.

Our instance; we noticed them in the couch one day - thankfully before anyone sat on it!
We stapled up the material but that was only a stop-gap measure, they knew they could get into the couch and within a month dug through the material and again gained access...... Now the legs of the couch are off and the couch sits directly on the floor.

We've prevented some of their digging by buying a large flat plastic tub and filling it with paving sand. We have a sheet spread out on the floor and the tub sitting in the middle..... They love this!
Not everyone could do this, it takes a bit of room - but if you have the opportunity, do this. The Ferrets love their sandbox and it greatly reduces their digging tendencies.