Okay, my turn to bat on this potty training thing! At Moonsong Ferrets we believe early training is essential as many people getting my ferrets may not know how to train the babies. We raise our babies on a floor, not on wire. We always have a litter box in the cage. At first the babies poop everywhere about the cage. Twice daily we wash the floor of the cage with clorox (bleach and water). We do not bleach out the potty pans! If they get really dirty we clean them and then after putting new litter in them put a bit of their poop back in the pan. The reason is the babies are learning where to potty and they use their noses (sense of smell) to find the right place. So for about two to four weeks we empty the potty boxes but do not bleach them. During this time we also change the boxes for a different shape and size. (We put a little bit of their poop into the new box) This is so the babies will get used to all different sizes and shapes of litter pans and not get fixated on one kind. We do not allow our babies to roam the whole house, but have a ferret room for them. So we put a potty box in the corner when the ferrets are out to play. We have a fair, but not perfect ratio of hits. With 17 plus ferrets playing it amounts to maybe 50%. We have a vinyl floor in this room and we just mop the floor after play time. (Yes, every day). Just another way we are trying to make the lives of Moonsong Ferret owners easier.....potty trained ferrets. :) :) Judith Moonsong Ferrets bred to be the perfect companion http://moonsongferrets.virtualave.net [Posted in FML issue 2878]