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brutus77 asked in PetsOther - Pets · 1 decade ago

ferret wont poop in litter pan?

are those corner pans worthless? it seems ive tried most everything to get my ferret to use the litter pan but it always poops just outside of it. it will poop in the corner opposite the litter pan, in which i would put the poop in the pan. after a while i just put the pan in the corner it kept pooping in, the ferret then pooped in the corner the pan used to be at instead. finally i tried placing its food bowl in 1 corner and the pan in another corner in which my ferret pooped all over its food instead of using the pan.

what should i do?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    He is toying with you.

  • 1 decade ago

    Brutus; Just ensure the corner ye ferret favours has a good layer of wood shavings and that the ferret ~ more importantly ~ is fed a correct and natural diet. (Small, fresh, dead mammals or birds, basically. Ferrets are a domestic form of Polecat. Read up on what polecats eat in their natural environment).

    Then ye ferret should produce relatively dry, black waste which is perfectly manageable. Simply scoop it out with the wood shavings and dispose of it. Replace a handful of shavings and away ye go.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If the litter pan is too small for the ferret to get all four feet in, sometimes they won't use it. Ferrets are sloppy with their litter habits, google for hints on how to litter train them, they can be a pain in the bum!

  • 4 years ago

    clutter education clutter education is plausible, in spite of the reality that ferrets do not clearly take to it besides as cats. offering a reliable clutter pan which would be firmly linked to the cage is step one. initiate off preserving your ferret and its clutter pan in a small area i.e. via confining the ferret interior the cage or perhaps blockading area of the cage if needed so there is constrained area for the ferret to try this's enterprise. area of the pan would desire to have a low part to permit the ferret speedy get right of entry to, in spite of the reality that area of it incredibly is extreme walled considering the fact that ferrets choose to diminish back right into a corner and would overshoot the fringe of a low pan. do not save it meticulously sparkling - putting or leaving a small volume of urine or feces will make stronger that this could be a washing room area (the main being a small volume - the ferret won't use it despite if it incredibly is basically too grimy). save the the remainder of the cage a valid asleep (loads of cuddly bedding) or feeding area. place the ferret interior the clutter container in the previous taking it out to play, and return it to the container in many cases for the time of play or any time the ferret seems as though it might desire to be on the factor of urinate or defecate. in case you manage to seize your ferret using the clutter container, be sure to advantages her or him with a manage! in case you seize your ferret having an twist of destiny, place her or him interior the clutter container - in spite of the reality that this must be completed on the instant after having the twist of destiny to have any effect in any respect. in no way hit or yell at your ferret, basically place her or him interior the liiter container.

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  • Azu
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    try putting a pan in each corner.

    They aren't useless, once they're trained, it'll make cleaning the cage at least 50% easier. Put some of of his poo/dirty litter in the pan so he knows that he is s'posed to go in it. You are using litter, right? Try a litter other then your normal one, so other litter= poo.

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