Best bedding

[pencoed hunter 7]

I'm using old jumpers and shirts for the bottom of the bed then shredded paper piled all the way to the top of the bed and then using news paper for the floor with wood shavings on top.

 

What do other people use or what would be the best.

 

I am getting quite allot of ticks using this so just wondering if hay is better or whatever. I clean them out daily and cages are disinfected down then jet washed ones a month.

Could just be that I live right next to the woods and there is allot of farm cats around here to.

[ian21 0]

i cover all the bottom of the cage with wood shavings and use hay for the bedding and all the time i have had ferrets i have not had any problems with ticks.

[Guest porterlord]

i cover all the bottom of the cage with wood shavings and use hay for the bedding and all the time i have had ferrets i have not had any problems with ticks.

hi if you know any sheep farmers ask them for some sheep dip but water it down. spray all over there cages and on the ferrets or dogs i use it all the time it brilliant. alot cheeper than the vets. my ferrets sleep on shavings and straw. my dogs sleep on straw.

[lilpip1234 62]

ive been using paper lately never have problems with ticks :/

they may have picked them up ferreting but i spose its wroth trying straw

[rosspti 2]

Be VERY careful with sheep dip there fellas!

 

Old fashioned sheep dips contan VERY dangeous chemicals called Organophosphates. They can give you the shakes like Parkinson's disease, depression, mental illnesses, premature death and all sorts.

 

There's no need to panic as it only affects the unlucky ones, and then only after prolonged and repeated exposure - but I would advise against using OP dips. Check with a vet and read the label!!! Don't forget that these chemicals are designed to be absorbed into your skin!

[pencoed hunter 7]

My friend has just swapped from shredded paper to hay so ill see how that goes

[pencoed hunter 7]

I'm bored so Here some pics

Ferrets are sleeping in the bed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The one 8,494]

Shaving's for everything .Try a plank of wood 4 to 6 inches high on the bottom of the wire mate it will stop them kicking the shaving's out onto the floor .

[festa 206]

Shaving's for everything .Try a plank of wood 4 to 6 inches high on the bottom of the wire mate it will stop them kicking the shaving's out onto the floor .

 

straw for bedding shavings all over the floor with a lip on the front to stop them kicking the shavings out never had any problems with this combo so never changed

 

gary

[pencoed hunter 7]

Never thought of the lip on the mesh awesome idea ill do that tomorrow when I finish the varnishing. I think ill keep the shredded paper as its free and keep the wood shavings because its so cheap £7.00 for a massive bale of it lasts months with 4 ferrets

 

my cuzn uses liquid paraffin on his ferret to keep the ticks off he just gets a rag sacks it with liquid paraffin then rubs the ferrets coat down with it and hasn't had a tick in ages. He sais when he did have them he put it on and they just dropped straight off.

[carl sarg 3]

I use hay , and when i shoot a pigeon they eat it and then drag the feathers in to the bed and use it for bedding, never had any problems

[Guest lavyheed]

I use old fleece for bedding and megazorb for the toilet area.

 

Round my way the megazorb is cheaper than the wood shavings

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[johnmac666 2]

i use straw/hay in sleeping part but on floors i use lino easy to clean, mine have an underneath part which sits on flags so they crap outside most times other than that they crap in the end furthest away from sleeping compartment, great pics mate keep up the good work

 

regards john

[brogan12345 0]

i use hay/straw for the bedding and the toilet area

[brogan12345 0]

and before i used shredded paper and sawdust/wood shavings i had loads of ticks so i changed to this and i havent had one sinse