litter and bedding materials

[ginge2k6 0]

What do you use for bedding. What is the most absorbant and whats really crap. I've used sawdust which is clean looking and fresh but seems to not absorb the piss as well, paper which blows everywhere in a wind, and hay which is good for bedding but is shite for litter material as the shit ends up up the wall. Hay is however compacted together wich makes it easy to remove. Look forward to hearing your views as all that seems to be on here at the moment is arguing and someone trying to sell you something in bad conditions

cough FK cough.

[Guest ferreting king]

for bedding i use straw or paper but for the shit i use sawdust

[Guest RobW71]

I use Woodshavings nice and clean, always smells fresh, they also have a couple of old towels they absolutely love wrapping themselves in.

whatever you use, they'll back up against the wall to go to the toilet

 

Regards Rob

 

[ginge2k6 0]

All the joins of my hutch are on the inside and because hay is very compact and gets pushed away very easily because off all the tunneling the little fellas do. The shit ends between the joins hence lots off scrubbing and hosing.

[MikeTheDog 153]

Hay and sawdust can both be too dusty for the ferrets respiratory system. Straw is good for bedding and in plentyful supply, unless you live in South Wales . Not a good idea to use barley straw as the barley ears can ingress up the alimentary canal and other orifices Wood shavings are good for the scats corner ....Don't use hardwood shavings as hardwood can be carcinogenic to ferrets

[doddsy1970 9]

I use a mixture of both woodshavings and hay. I find that straw is too sharp and hard for the ferrets. I put down a thick base of wood shavings and a big ball of hay they love digging through it and in the end it all mixes together.and they drag it into their beds

[DiStuRBeD 0]

i use old tshirts, trackys, etc for bedding, was told by a ferret guy not to use it when they have kits, as they can loose a kit in the clothes and they die, he reckons straw, but good straw, dust free etc is best

 

for litter, i use newspapers, we get that many of them, better then throwing them straight in the bin, have to change it every day.

[Guest scutt]

Hi Ginge,

My preference is to use shredded paper for the bedding(plenty of it about nowadays) as for the latrine area,I cut an area about 4inches x the depth of the hutch out of the bottom,close off with 1 inch mesh, fix a tray/pan to the underside,this way everything drops right through to be soaked up by sawdust.This enables the hutch to stay in a clean condition . scutt

[Guest eddie willo]

for bedding i use straw and for da shit an piss i use wood shaveings clean it out every 3 days dat way it keeps da smell away.

eddie

[Guest stantheman]

hi ginge i use straw four bedding. the run has a mesh flooring ,I put a bowl under it to catch the crap add sawdust.

[Guest wickidweasel]

Shredded paper for bedding and woodshavings to crap on

[jonathan 0]

for bedding i use straw or paper but for the shit i use sawdust

same with me

[Guest MOLLY]

I get massive bags of shredded paper from work for free...so the furts are doing their bit for recycling Wood shavings for the toilet corner only, i leave the rest of the run clean, i like them to have contact with the cement floor for their nails..

MOLL.

[LDR 29]

shavings for the bottom floor where they shit and the like, for bedding it's the off cuts of tea bags, which you can buy in the bale like shavings, spot on, no dust nothing sharp!!!.....

[Guest wickidweasel]

shavings for the bottom floor where they shit and the like, for bedding it's the off cuts of tea bags, which you can buy in the bale like shavings, spot on, no dust nothing sharp!!!.....

Ill have to keep an eye out for them tea bags never seen them ive been using shredded tax bills :whistle: