Hello, all!  I've lurked for a month or so, and now that I actually have
fuzzies, I'm here to beg for help.  We have a ten-month old male that
never gives us a moment's trouble, and a three-and-a-half-month old
female that LOOKS like a ferret but must be a mutant mole!  In the four
days we've had her, we have come home to find litter ALL over the floor
of the cage from her digging, and food everywhere.  Not five minutes ago
she stuck those little white feet in the food bowl and sprayed Ferret
Chow everywhere, a la Garfield.
 
What's a frazzled owner to do?  Is this her not-so-subtle way of telling
me, "Hey, Ma, you're putting out WAY too much food and litter!"  Or is
she just being playful?  (I can't stand much more mirth.)  Will she get
over it?  What do I do in the meantime?  This isn't doing my Hoover any
favors either.
 
On another subject, I haven't seen any foolproof solutions to the
scratching problem.  So far the rug has survived the fuzzies' fervent
attentions, but it can't hold out forever.  We're currently trying the
squirt bottle approach, but I think they're starting to *like* it... Has
anybody successfully broken their ferrets of this undesirable habit?
 
Thanks for any suggestions you can give me!
 
-- Lisa, Raphael (Mama's Angel), and The Bug (who's about to swan-dive
off the nest box into the litterbox -- gotta run!)
[Posted in FML issue 0994]