Alright, my husband and I have had our ferret for about a week now. I know thats not a ton of time, but we are already at a loss. Our ferret seems to definitely keep pooping to the corners, and is progressing along nicely with litter training, but she pees EVERYWHERE. All over her bedding, in her food, just everywhere. We clean out her cage and an hour later its like we never even cleaned it. The smell gets pretty bad, we’re going through soft blankets like crazy, its a losing battle to keep her cage clean and liveable. any suggestions?
She has been fixed & de-scented, also has had her shots.
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They have to be fixed. She will die when she goes into heat if shes not fixed. I swear its true. It will stop her from peeing too.
chances are she is already fixed, if you got her from a pet store.
the best way i can think of is give her more space, if a ferret does not have enough room they will potty everywhere. make sure she has a ton of out of cage play time, at least 2 hours a day, and move her food bowl or monitor her eating habits, if there’s so much food that she just doesnt care if it gets ruined, she’ll continue his behavior especially if the owl is where she potties. you can also get her a food dish that is raised up away from the floor.
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I had ferrets back in the 1980s when they were the ‘fad’ pet to have. Mine never did completely litter box train and I finally had to get rid of them. When let run loose in the house, they just made a mess.
As for her dying if she goes into heat as another poster mentioned, ferrets are very susceptible to infections (females) when they go into heat because that area swells up and since they are so low do the ground, it’s very easy for bacteria, dirt, etc to get into her….and if they aren’t bred, there’s a chance she could get an infection and it could be serious enough to cause death.
If not handled a lot, they tend to bite. They’re kewl to look at but overall I found them not to be really great pets. If you have a LOT of time to spend with your ferret to make it people-friendly and can take it out of it’s cage a lot, that’s great. If it’s going to be primarily locked up and taken out and petted once in a while, it’s not worth having (and not fair to the animal).
Great information for you on this site; “About.com.” Type in “Litter train a ferret.” The article is quite thorough and is written by a vet named Lianne McLeod.
I like this site, because they have a lot about exotic pets.
Good luck with your training.
t6hey go in a cat box