We've found that some ferrets just don't like having to back up into litter and do their thing. We also have a multi-level cage, and what we've been trained by the ferrets to do is to put only newspaper in their poop area. No litter, no litter pans. This bathroom area is one half of the lowest level of the cage. We line that one-half of the level with a good amount of newspaper and then peel off layers and throw them away as they are soiled. We also change all of the paper at least twice daily. None of the ferrets has gone anywhere in the cage except for on the paper since we started doing it that way (and it's been the better part of a year now). And, they also look for the newspaper on the floor when outside of the cage (although they have a less than perfect record there...) Jeff In Memory of Neo Caring for Trinny, Morphy, Baby Girl, and Luna [Posted in FML 5803]