I've had ferrets for approaching 15 years now, and this is a new problem for me. As a little background, I never had a ferret use the litter box. My first ferret used newspaper on the bottom layer of her cage, and this has progressed to Equine Pine on the entire bottom layer of the cage. Not the best option, but it was working fine until recently. Starting in late spring last year, we had a very sick little guy, and an older somewhat-senile old female. These two both had problems getting to the litter when they had to go. We cleaned up after them, and the little female still will go on the shelf where their food and water are. However, now our other guys are going everywhere. The top shelf of their new cage isn't accessible to the elderly female, but there are poopies and potty there. Until this move, we thought it was all our little Kissy, but we now know it isn't. There's no way to know how long they've been doing this, and we're not home during the day to watch. When they're out, they're pretty good about using the paper in the corner. In the new place, we let them pick the corner, then put paper down. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop them doing this? It's not life-threatening, but really annoying. We change their litter regularly, so it's not a "dirty-box" issue. Debbie [Posted in FML 5863]