Monica, Since your fuzzies use the litter pan consistently when they are in the cage, you are off to a good start. The trick that has worked well for us is to make a very gradual transition from caged to free roam. We made a flexible barricade by attaching together several large boards of wood with door hinges so that they could fold up accordian-style. Using the barricade, we were able to give our ferrets a small area consisting of just their cage and about one foot worth of room space. After they had used their box consistently for a day, we gave them another foot of room space, a little more the next day, and so on. After about two weeks, they had access to the entire room and were using their boxes with a good hit rate. As their living space got larger, we added more litter boxes in the corners near where they liked to play and sleep. This technique did require a lot of rearranging of furniture to accomodate the barricade, so be prepared for that if you decide to try it. We do still have one ferret that doesn't enjoy going in the litter box but is willing to go right next to one. For her, we put some scrap linoleum around the litter boxes so that her messes are easy to clean up and don't damage the carpet. Best wishes, Julie [Posted in FML issue 3601]