The only place outside of the cage that my herd like to go is of course, in the corner behind the door of their room. I tried just about everything and finally came up with a solution that has made life Soooooooo much better for all of us. I took the silly door OFF the hinges and put it in storage. I put up a sliding Plexiglas barrier instead, and put a litter pan in the popular corner. I bought two of Wal-Mart's cheap cat litter pans that are $2 a piece, cut down the fronts to match so that they would nest inside each other. I nailed the bottom pan to the floor, and then set the top one in and added the litter. I can take the top pan out for easy cleaning, but as hard as they try no ferret can budge the litter pan from it's spot. It's been a few months now, and I'm happy to say everyone has been 100% with the litter box in and out of the cage since then. Even if they are playing downstairs, they will run upstairs to use the pan. I don't exactly understand why, but I'm NOT going to complain. Best of luck, Robynn and the Four Ferrets of the Apocalypse [Posted in FML issue 2855]