Poo Everywhere

[tom17 18]

I've just built a 10ft run for my ferrets however then don't seem to go in a certain area they seem to just go where they stand in the run, being a pain to clean out!

How can you train them to go in a litter tray ?

Regards

Tom

[torchey 1,328]

Hobs are dirty fuckers shit everywhere jills usually cleaner though and find their little corners...

[tom17 18]

Yeah I think it is my big Hob the dirty bugger

[jocky 198]

have the same problem, done them a 8x4 run on side of two tear pen and they shit all over it. but use there tray in the pen.

[stealthy1 3,964]

Have you tried placing a few scat trays around your court, if a ferret needs to take a shit, it won't run down stairs, it will just point and squirt.

[ZeusPolecat 185]

A new cage can throw them off... especially something big. Can improve once their navigation is second nature. A lot of the time they will bolt out of bed bursting, If they don't know their way around yet they will go wherever... then that can lead to a bigger problem...

Try scrubbing the places you don't want them to go, making sure to remove all smell and moving some of it to the correct place. Can also help to place food/water bowls or used bedding in the areas you want them to stop using as they won't want to pee the bed etc. Keeping in mind scent is one of their primary senses - once a corner/area smells of ferret crap, more will join in, the scent just triggers it in them. So keep the unwanted toilets smelling clean and allow the areas you want them to go to smell like it.

You may have to give them two corners in the end, depends on how big their space is, as said before - they won't run far when bursting.

Good luck

Edited August 30, 2015 by ZeusPolecat

[ZeusPolecat 185]

Sorry, accident post

Edited August 30, 2015 by ZeusPolecat