ferret bedding

[winter hare 2]

hi whats the best bedding to breed a ferret on.cheers

[moxy 617]

I use shavings to put down in the bottom of the bed and run followed by a mixture of good clean straw and meadow hay. Topped off with the odd rabbit carcass for the jill to use as down.

 

Just stick it in and the jill will take and use what she needs.

 

Clean shredded paper is also a good alternative.

 

Avoid sawdust and prepacked hay from places such as jolleys etc, far too dusty and can cause eye and respiratory irritation in both ferrets young and old.

 

always worked for me

[Guest eddie 1]

I use shavings to put down in the bottom of the bed and run followed by a mixture of good clean straw and meadow hay. Topped off with the odd rabbit carcass for the jill to use as down.

 

Just stick it in and the jill will take and use what she needs.

 

Clean shredded paper is also a good alternative.

 

Avoid sawdust and prepacked hay from places such as jolleys etc, far too dusty and can cause eye and respiratory irritation in both ferrets young and old.

 

always worked for me ;)clean straw changed every week . shavings in the bottom.

[Ideation 8,216]

Few shavings on bottom, shredded paper, it's really clean.

[4x4dartmoor 2]

I use old clothes and change them every week after the kits are three weeks old.

 

 

[sh 08 17]

Few shavings on bottom, shredded paper, it's really clean.

[stealthy1 3,964]

I use shavings and shredded paper in equal amounts, its absorbent and cheap, and it will have to be absorbent when the kits start to sh*t up the back of your nestbox

[The one 8,486]

Shaving's ive seen a kit get tangled up in shredded paper

[JoeD 24]

In the hutch where I keep the Jill and breeding hob I have a vet bed and hoody, and in the court with my other ferrets I use shavings and straw.

 

JoeD

[j davies 8]

Few shavings on bottom, shredded paper, it's really clean.

 

i use shavings and straw never use shreaded paper it holds the damp in mate as with all paper it absorbes water

[chameleon 26]

Shaving's ive seen a kit get tangled up in shredded paper

 

 

Not if you use a cross cut shredder

[The one 8,486]

get bags of it free from my work so i cant tell them how to do it

[winter hare 2]

do wood shavings give ferrets ticks ?

[chameleon 26]

do wood shavings give ferrets ticks ?

 

 

No.

[theferreter 311]

i always put about an inch of sawdust in the sleeping quaters and use straw in the winter and shreeded paper in the summer