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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2015 20:44:00 GMT -5
My little guy has a room all to himself, but he won't stay in it. He HATES closed doors and will claw at them until we give up and let him roam the rest of our apartment. I want him to be able to free roam in his bedroom, but potty training ( He picks and chooses when he is going to use the litter box ) him is rather difficult and the clawing thing is quite a pain since we are renting. My ferrets also hate the door closed, but are for some reason OK with me just blocking the door with a piece of wood. I am planning on eventually replacing the door with one of those doors that are split, so you can have the bottom part closed and the top part open. Mainly because the cats like to play with the ferret's toys.
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Post by Heather on Dec 23, 2015 21:00:57 GMT -5
All my doors are split doors for the various ferret rooms. It allows for better ventilation and it means they're not separated from the rest of the house. ciao
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Post by mjbez on Dec 24, 2015 0:11:32 GMT -5
Mine have their own room. It is gated off with a clear plastic baby gate. None of mine can climb it. This allows them to see me and me them at any point in the day. I wouldn't feel right about a fully closed door. I have my ferret nation cage with cover and the bottom left door stays open with cat stairs leading in and out. I got rid of all of my litter boxes. I am 100% puppy pads now. much larger hit rate and way easier clean up. Win win.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2015 2:50:49 GMT -5
Mine have their own room. It is gated off with a clear plastic baby gate. None of mine can climb it. This allows them to see me and me them at any point in the day. I wouldn't feel right about a fully closed door. I have my ferret nation cage with cover and the bottom left door stays open with cat stairs leading in and out. I got rid of all of my litter boxes. I am 100% puppy pads now. much larger hit rate and way easier clean up. Win win. Someone on another thread made a nice gate out of acrylic and I thought that was a great idea, because I would like to be able to glance at them from across the den. I use both puppy pads and litter boxes. I put the pads in the boxes, and then a few underneath for little misses. I'd go full puppy pad but Riley wants to get under them.
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Post by Klarissa on Dec 27, 2015 18:48:08 GMT -5
My ferret "room" is actually the last 4-5ft of my living room fenced off. So, they aren't cut off from all the hoopla of day to day life. I am usually greeted by whatever ferrets are on "the floor" when I get home. We have black sheets that we hang across so they get lots of darkness. We actually don't use the living room light much (because my landlords don't pay the bills, long story ). We have two cages, because not everyone gets along (ahem, Fredzia), and Riker wasn't accepted in Bear & Willy's duo until today. The smaller cage also doubles as the travel cage. Smaller cage with massive cat tree beside it & Fort Ferret in the back corner. Aka the decorative pillows I never use to prevent ferrets (ahem, Fredzia) from pooping in the cat tree base. There is a smaller litter box in front. Big main cage we reno'd today. To be honest, this cage is a piece of garbage. BUT! We got it off kijiji dirt cheap, so we deal with it. Today we added a bunch of drainage tubing to create access between levels. Underneath the cage is a big litter box & some peed pads. Double layer, cat-snake cave. I put all the toys in their in the morning, and then they get dispersed throughout the day. And finally the feeding area & another litterbox (makes stashing their food beside their poop easier - ew.). We have a rubber bath mat under their food/water bowls because the floor in their area is concrete. It's hard to see, but there is an old hexagonal Tupperware container for flour, we nicknamed the bone graveyard. Usually its full small bits of bone & mouse tails. And there is a green bucket full of blankets, because its their new favorite place to sleep.
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Post by RedSky on Dec 27, 2015 19:23:37 GMT -5
My ferrets have always sort of had their own room. They are too noisy on a night to share a bedroom with anyone and I have other pets in other rooms that would be classed as a snack to them. Stressful for the smaller animals and frustrating for the ferrets (especially Bolin who goes crackers when he smells rodents). I say sort of because they have been kept in every room upstairs, but the 'owner' of the room has been evicted for the ferrets each time. They are now in the smallest room in the house, big enough for their cage, some storage (for their things) and a few toys and space to walk (just about). I haven't ever locked them in this smaller room for 'playtime', they are either in their cage (double nation cage) or are having 'playtime' in which they normally get the landing/hall, our (OH and I) bedroom and the bathroom, but is occasionally extended to the stairs, downstairs hall, and my sister's room depending on who's available to watch the ferrets and how safe the areas are.
Mine also hate doors, or anything that blocks their normal path. Having them free in 'their' room would completely destroy the carpet. Our female also climbs the cage, but we are looking at getting some perspex to fix that.
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Post by Klarissa on Dec 27, 2015 19:30:00 GMT -5
My ferrets have always sort of had their own room. They are too noisy on a night to share a bedroom with anyone and I have other pets that would be classed as a snack to them. They are noisy! As far as I'm concerned ferrets are the worst roommates I have two dogs who would make quick snacks out of my ferrets. My dogs have slept in my bed for 4 years, they'd be unimpressed to be evicted by the ferrets... And I love having my dogs sleep at my feet.
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Post by RedSky on Dec 27, 2015 19:42:07 GMT -5
They were evicted to the smallest room as it's the furthest away from us without them going downstairs (where other pets are kept). When they were in the bigger bedroom (back to being my sisters room) we could hear them on a night. We still get woken up by them but luckily not as often.
OH also doesn't really like the smell of ferrets (or should I say their litter tray). I will admit after some meals it's not a pleasant smell, especially first thing in the morning (no spot cleans for 8 to 10 hours), so having them in their own room with the door closed is a requirement.
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Post by unclejoe on Dec 27, 2015 21:44:47 GMT -5
Our ferrets have the second bedroom. They have free roam of the house when they are awake.
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