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Post by Sherry on Feb 26, 2014 23:44:00 GMT -5
Sorry- I meant the original HFF Go to the top menu bar on the forum here and a button on the right will take you there.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2014 9:34:32 GMT -5
We joined the remote litter box club last night and it seems that both fuzzies are using it so far!
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trutan85
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Thor still "beats up" her bigger younger brother.
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Post by trutan85 on Jun 17, 2014 17:50:15 GMT -5
I decided to give this a try myself. At first they were set in their ways and still wanted to go in the cage so I had to relocate them to the pan, seems like they learned quickly as I haven't found any accidents on the bedding.
Lazy ferret snoozing in the new tunnel.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 9:32:40 GMT -5
Do any of you happen to have a copy of the original instructions for doing something like this? Been looking all over the place as it seems the site which originally held the instructions is down.
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Post by Sherry on Jul 16, 2014 23:53:10 GMT -5
Go to the fourth post on page one. There is a link there, not to the original instructions. But on doing it without damaging the FN. When you get to that link scroll down to a post by jaycee
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trutan85
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Thor still "beats up" her bigger younger brother.
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Post by trutan85 on Jul 17, 2014 23:42:30 GMT -5
Someone had posted about using toilet flanges, I cut holes and just kinda made up the rest, making revisions along the way.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2014 15:16:33 GMT -5
This is awesome!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 11:14:17 GMT -5
Sherry,this is an amazing idea. I am planning to buy a ferret nation but I don't want to have cut a hole through the ferret nation cage. What should I do? ??
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Post by Sherry on Jul 24, 2014 8:00:43 GMT -5
On the first post there is a link to the old forum. There is a way to use plywood instead there
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Post by Blue on Jul 24, 2014 13:38:55 GMT -5
So even if they are fast asleep in the middle of the night as far away as possible, they'll wake up and go all the way to the remote litterbox? My ferret came to me with 3 boxes on 3 levels, and she used all of them (although I think it's because her previous people didn't clean them out too often). I've reduced it to two now, and she still uses both. Usually the one that's closest to wherever she's sleeping. I'd like to reduce it to one, but I feel kind of mean making her walk all the way down. Is that stupid? On the other hand, it's good exercise for her, and if I reduce it to one box, it'll be a rectangular one with multiple clean corners (they're all triangular right now, it's what she came with). So far she's been 100% in the cage except for that one time I replaced both half her litter and half her food with different ones! Obviously that was too fast for her
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trutan85
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Thor still "beats up" her bigger younger brother.
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Post by trutan85 on Jul 24, 2014 18:42:48 GMT -5
I rearranged and shortened my tunnel to make it easier for them, I had concerns myself. However there are nights that I'll let them spend the whole night without going back in. Their one favorite sleeping place is on the other side of the room from where the room pan is. A further trek compared to the remote cage pan. What I'm getting at is at night in the dark, they make the trek over and do their business in the pan, then make the trek back and go back to sleep. If you decided to do it, the only thing you would really have to worry about is her being set in her ways. She may still want to go where there used to be a pan, in that case, you would need to retrain her.
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Post by Blue on Jul 25, 2014 9:54:14 GMT -5
Thanks, that's good to know! I'm still a little worried about her stumbling down the ramps half asleep in the night but I'm probably being way too overprotective! It sounds like I should make the switch soon, since the latest setup is only 2 weeks old and she won't have had time to get set in her ways. (I hope. She's been pretty good at adapting.) I'd love to eventually get to a remote litter box. I love the pic of your ferret sleeping in the tunnel
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2015 18:31:51 GMT -5
I'm interested in attaching a remote dig-box that my two boys could have open access to. I wanted some more cage-activities for the furkids. I'm currently using non-instant rice as filling inside of this plastic container. I know I'll probably have to clean it out regularly. My issue is that I have a Pervue Feisty Ferret cage, so I'll be installing it from the top. Also, I would like to be able to attach it and remove it for outside cage playtime as well. The top opening is 6X6 (inches). I need to install another tube in the inside, so that they can climb up into the tube to get into the plastic container. What parts would you recommend?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2015 1:16:20 GMT -5
Do you think it would be at all possible to keep the remote litter tub in the space under the ferret nation? I have the old ferret nation I believe. It was a kijiji purchase, the previous owners tell me they got it 5/6+ years ago, if that makes any difference at all.
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Post by Aftershock on Jun 24, 2016 14:37:04 GMT -5
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