The Ferret Litter Box Training Guide

Your ferret is loyal, loves you and wants to make you happy.

However, when a ferret needs to pee or poop, they can't hold

on! Litter training a ferret is actually very easy - all you

have to know is what their natural habits are.

First of all, you need to give your ferret access to open

litter boxes - don't get one with a cover!

There are only two litter types, that I would recommend

putting in your ferret litter trays, and they are clumping

litter and wood chip litter. You should be able to purchase

both of these from your local pet shop. You only have to

put a layer of litter to cover the bottom of the litter box

for a ferret, not fill it up, as you would for a cat.

If you are teaching a young ferret to be litter trained,

they may play in the litter tray, but don't worry too much

about this, as when they realize what is for they will soon

stop playing in it.

You are likely to need more one litter tray! You will

definitely need to put one inside the cage, but you will

need to put other trays in strategic locations throughout

the house - remember when your ferret needs to 'go', they

need to 'go'! These locations need to be corners, as ferrets

naturally seek out corners to do their business in.

You will know what your ferret is planning to do when he

goes to a corner, because they will not walk straight up to

it, but back into the corner. Ferrets do not dig a hole, or

bury their messes, like cats do, so you will need to replace

the litter on at least a daily basis, to keep smells at bay.

Ferrets are very intelligent and easy to train. They will

learn very quickly to seek out the litter box when they need

to 'go'. You will need to pick your ferret up and put him in

the litter tray when you see that backing into a corner

action.

You must not discipline your ferret when they mess in the

wrong place, because they will see it as their general

relieving themselves displeases you, not that it was bad to

relieve itself in that particular spot. Discipline in this

case would lead to your ferret fretting and worrying, every

time it needs pee or poop.

The next thing to do is to learn when your ferret is likely

to go about its business. Your ferret will need to go when

it wakes up, so while you in the training stage, put them in

the litter tray as soon as they wake up and keep them there

until they relive themselves.

As ferrets are small creatures, they only have little

digestive systems so any food or water, eaten or drunk, will

come out relatively quickly , so make sure there is a litter

tray nearby. Also if your ferret gets very excited, this

makes it want to 'go' as well. General playing should not

make it want to relieve itself.

The process of litter training your ferret will not take

longer then a few days, as your ferret is a fast learner and

will learn the concept of litter trays and what to do in

them very fast.

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