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>I just wanted to find out if anyone has had any luck with throw rugs in
>the ferret rooms? We have 6 litter boxes in their room but I tell you
>they always find the other places to poop. They do use the boxes but not
>like they should so we just clean up "CONSTANTLY" :-). I thought of
>throw rugs but they all have that rubber backing. I did put them back
>being afraid that they might chew on the backs. Are there any suggestions
>for floor poopers? I don't want to cage them and don't want to put down
>linoleum. I know just deal with it but looking for something that would
>be easier. I thought of towels but I figure they will just push under
>and play on them.
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>Thanks Love & angel hugs Debbie
Debbie, I have free roaming ferrets and fortunantly they have a hardwood
floor. I have several litter boxes but if there is one or two poops in
it already all four refuse to use it. So they will go on the floor. What
I do is I save up my newspaper and spread it around the room where I've
notcied they like to go. I fix it so the newspaper curls up against the
corners. They use that instead and it saves on wood pellets (or whatever
litter you use). I do leave their cages in the room so that when they
are all sleeping I will go around and pick them up and put them up so that
when I do have the time I can clean up the entire room and have it fresh
for them before I let them go. I find that this system has really taken
the stress of poops aways.
Anyways, all my ferrets use both the newspaper and the litter boxes and I
have a high success rate with that. Hope this helps!
Julia and her spiteful ferrets: Othella the Acrobat, Liam the Poet, Willow
the Beauty Queen, and Piper the Charmed One.
[Posted in FML issue 3699]
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