my three month old ferret won't learn to go to the bathroom in her litter box and only in her litter box. usually, she'll make a few (approx.2) poops in her box, decides it's too full, and then poops around her cage. i've tried discouraging her by putting blankets and food in all corners of her cage, but it doesn't help. she'll go in her litter box when i'm watching, but at night, when we lock the cage, she seems to forget. i clean her litter box 2-3 times a day because i know she doesn't like to go in a dirty box. it helps that i clean it out a lot, but she never fails to make at least one poop outside her box. she always has the run of the house, and when in the vacinity of her cage, she'll stop by and do her thing, why does she insist on being messy at night? is it revengefor being in her cage? another concern of mine is that she tends to go to the bathroom at least 3 times during the night, does that seem like a lot to anyone else? she eats totally ferret food, so the high quality of her food should help reduce the amount she poops, shouldn't it? her cage is has 2 ramps, and is quite large for one little girl, and i feel like that may be one of the reasons for all her "mistakes". maybe she doesn't understand that upsairs is for sleeping and eating and downstairs is for pooping, drinking and eating. is her cage too large for her? should i maybe try blocking off the upstairs until she learns that the only place for her poopy is her litter pan? any advice would be greatly appreciated. i really don't know what to do anymore, and it's really a pain washing blankets full of excrement every morning. thanks in advance. maria ps- you can e mail me personally at [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1868]