Hi.  I'm new to the FML and this is my first post.  About 2.5 weeks ago
my husband and I purchased 2 8 week old female ferrets.  Both sables,
one dark brown - Pepper, and one light tan - Salt.  They're great!  I
can't tell you how much we've enjoyed the past few weeks with them.
Everything is a learning experience and so far we're just taking each
adventure as they come!  They had their first vet visit and I was very
pleased with the vet.  She's a ferret owner herself.  The two things I
have questions on are Ferretone and Litter Training.  Pepper LOVES
Ferretone.  The bottle says to give a kit 4 pumps of that stuff each
day.  She'll eat it right off the spoon.  Salt on the other hand sniffs
it and looks away.  If I put it in her food, she won't eat the food.
I've heard mixed reports on this stuff and I was just wondering what I
should do about it.  I've heard it should be used for clipping nails,
etc to distract them.  But then the bottle says that the kits need this
stuff as a supplement.  What should I do?  Comments?
 
Lastly, potty training.  So far its not *TOO* bad.  While they're in the
cage (and considering I keep the litter tray neat & clean) they do fine.
 If they're far enough away from the cage, they'll just stop and go
wherever they're at.  But sometimes I watch them and it seems
DELIBERATE!  They know they don't get out of the cage when they wake up
until they go potty.  They'll jump in the box & back up (they're smart
little girls - they psych me out!).  No sooner they're out, they're off
to a corner to leave me little presents.  I'll have to invest in a few
more litter trays but to be honest, I live in a one bedroom apartment.
All they have access to right now is the living room, hall and dining
room, which their cage is in.  We're not talking a lot of space here.
Suggestions?  Or is this just normal?
 
Michelle, Kenny, Salt & Pepper (plus Toby & QB the hamsters)
 
[Posted in FML issue 0953]