Hi, I am having a problem with one of my ferrets becoming "un-potty trained" and I was wondering if anyone might have any explanations or advice. I have two females that are about 10 months old. I bought them together from a pet store at age 8 weeks. Up until about the last two months, both have been very well behaved and potty trained. In the main room where they are kept, they use litter pans. In the rest of the house, when they are out to roam, I put newpaper in their preferred corners. There have been no recent changes in their lives. Now one of them will go potty in about a 4 X 2 foot area near the litter pans, and sometimes just outside the litter pans, more often than in the litter pan. If she sees me watching her when she gets up to potty, she will ALWAYS use the litter pan. (I know it's her doing potty in the wrong place because i have caught her in the act many times). And, in the rest of the house, where she is allowed, she tends to go just about anywhere. She is not deterred by my watching her. And if I catch her and try to put her on newspaper she will never go. And she can hold it for a long time. Finally at that moment when I happen to not be paying attention--she goes potty. She has even gone potty on the dog's bed and on a chair! I would like to avoid having to keep her caged and only letting her out under close supervision, but obviously I can't have her pottying all over the place. Also, she and the other ferret are great friends and love to sleep and play together. I have no need to cage the other one, so caging one would in effect, separate the two of them. (Ironically, the other one must be the most reliable potty-trained ferret there is! Thank God she hasn't been influenced by the deviant behavior of her sibling!) And comments, suggestions, explanations, advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Kristy [Posted in FML issue 3676]