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just a few questions from a fairly new ferret owner
i was just wondering if any body knew of anywhere to get or a way to make a
ferret carrier. not like the big plastic boxes with handles but like a
papoose or something of that nature. for going places to rugged or just to
far to be patiently walking w/ your ferret while he explores. i would
really like to go on a bike ride with him but i presently have no means of
doing so. (of course there is also the matter of food water and going to
the bathroom involved in such a journey and in such a carrier). i have only
seen the carriers that marshalls sells and they look quite big and more
something for just walking. any advise would be apppreciated
also i have a 50 gallon box that currently has sand in it and there is a
tube connecting it to my ferrets cage. he enjoyed digging in the sand at
the beach so why not make him a little sand box. unfortunately however he
does not see it as a sand box but instead a deluxe size bathroom and there
is no way to clean the urine sand out without constantly replacing the sand
like litter. i am currently in the process of getting rid of the sand and
putting something else in it. he has 2 other boxes conected / in the one is
socks and the other toys. i dont know what to put in the box instead of
sand, i have considered little woofle balls (kinda like the ball room at
chuckee cheeze) but at 6 for 2$ it gets fairly expensive filling a 50 gallon
box. we would like any suggestions.
is there any product that is for or can be used to clean / whiten ferret
teeth, what is the deal with raw chiken bones?
the only other thing is a reocuring problem- litter training he uses 2
corners - one is by the door so i cant put a pan there -i got a j feeder and
put it in the bad corner and put his water there and stuffed a piece of
tubbing in the bad corner
when i catch him i put him in his litter pan and when hes done give him lots
of treats
when he does use the badd corner i clean it up with bleach water while he
plays outside until the water dries
yet he still uses the bad corner. i think that i have tried about
everything. any advice would be appreciated
thats it .
i really have enjoyed reading the forum although i have never written
anybody becuase i dont know a terrible lot to be answering questions. but
any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated by both me and my ferret
(pharoah is a 4 month old nueterd blaze i think it is difficult to put a
color label on him and he has a white diamond on his back in the middle of a
patch of darker hair. hes really gotten sobig so fast. anyway i hope to
see some of you at the ferret-thing going on in wheaton il. my ferret is
just coming along for the games but my girlfriends is going to being shown.
sorry if this is to long but i couldnt remember how long they could be and i
though that the questions needed some detail to be understood. thanx
[Posted in FML issue 2039]
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