any ideas

[bouncer 51]

anyone got any ideas,i built a new ferret coob with a wire floor but the shit keeps getting stuck on the wire instead of falling thru

[deanflute 550]

put a bit of plywood where they shit and just clean it up of the wood

[bouncer 51]

put a bit of plywood where they shit and just clean it up of the wood

thanks for the suggestion deanflute

[Kay 3,709]

anyone got any ideas,i built a new ferret coob with a wire floor but the shit keeps getting stuck on the wire instead of falling thru

 

is it just a small corner thats mesh floored or all off it ?

[Malt 379]

Can't ferrets get bumblefoot from walking on wire too much?

[The one 8,547]

One of my hutches has a 1inch mesh floor the other has a one inch mesh floor with a half inch mesh above it they where my fathers and he let the crap fall through and raked up underneath the hutches ,I didn't like them i thought the ferrets where walking funny across the mesh and put plywood on top of the mesh .But every couple of years i have to renew the mesh as the urine corrodes it

[bouncer 51]

anyone got any ideas,i built a new ferret coob with a wire floor but the shit keeps getting stuck on the wire instead of falling thru

 

is it just a small corner thats mesh floored or all off it ?

all of the floor is mesh

[bouncer 51]

Can't ferrets get bumblefoot from walking on wire too much?

i dont know never heard of it do you know what it is

[stubby 175]

I always thought bumblefoot was something caged british birds got, from not having different sized perches

[The one 8,547]

Can't ferrets get bumblefoot from walking on wire too much?

 

I also thought it was swelling of a birds foot

[ferreter 0]

It must be extremely uncomfortable for the ferrets having to walk on a mesh floor every time they leave their sleeping quarters. How would you like your living room floored like a cattle grid?

 

You could always paint any plywood that is placed on the floor cage, that should help to stop it rotting and make it easier to clean, using a paint scraper removes the contents of the litter corner and a spray with Pet Virkon or similar completes the job.

[Malt 379]

I always thought bumblefoot was something caged british birds got, from not having different sized perches

It's a generic term for an infection to the feet caged animals due to the environment that they're in:

 

Bumblefoot

 

It says on there, that wire cages are ONLY a factor with guinea pigs, but I'm sure it just refers to where the skin of the feet has become broken & infected, on any animal. Bloody 'tinternet, it'll tell you one thing, and next time you look it will tell you the other!