nannah
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Post by nannah on Dec 1, 2021 22:48:12 GMT -5
Oh boy, this kid ... Iggy decided he just didn't want to use litter boxes anymore. I've got puppy pads set up, but they're EVERYWHERE, literally lining the floor against the walls, lol! He sometimes decides to go on the carpet in FRONT of the pads, too, and then sometimes just in the middle of the floor, because why not, right? Sooo ... time for boot camp. I just bought another of those good playpen fences (the one I already have is dividing my space in two because Cooper still can't stand Igor), and am setting up his boot camp area. Well, he didn't like that, so he backed up next to the fence and pooped!  Wish us luck (we'll need it)! |
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Post by unclejoe on Dec 2, 2021 16:10:11 GMT -5
Gotta love em
Sorry to hear that Cooper still doesn't get along. I've had very little luck with litter boxes outside the cage. At least i have to have pads in corners.
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Dec 5, 2021 8:20:03 GMT -5
but they're EVERYWHERE, literally lining the floor against the walls, lol!
Me too, Hahaha.
I just changed mine on one wall yesterday and needed to change them again this morning! My baby had hearts for supper--- does it too him every time.
Good luck with your bootcamp.
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Post by Charlie on Dec 5, 2021 11:52:54 GMT -5
Good luck with the bootcamp!!! Hope it goes well and Iggy relearns where to go properly. Sometimes they need a refresher course. lol
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nannah
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Post by nannah on Dec 9, 2021 17:30:02 GMT -5
Thanks, everyone! He maaay be the kind of ferret who might have problems with litter boxes outside the cage ... but I'm going to be patient. There HAVE been slightly less accidents since I started bootcamp, so I'm calling that progress! I think I'm just too impatient, haha! I have to remember to take it slower. abbeytheferret6 , lol, that's just what Iggy had last night, and he made the worst kind of mess this morning. Those dang hearts ... |
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Post by unclejoe on Dec 10, 2021 19:43:33 GMT -5
Well, tonight I put a litter box in Bobo's favorite corner and he used it! That could save me 25% on pads! He sleeps the day away under a cabinet and the closest corner is by the hall bathroom. I have a few boxes. I may try them in the other popular places. Pine pellets are a lot cheaper than puppy pads.
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Post by Charlie on Dec 10, 2021 20:30:00 GMT -5
It may last a short time. LOL Maybe you might want to put one puppy pad under it in case he doesn't go in the box and just goes beside it. I know that's what Charlie does. He goes in it a short time then gets lazy and just goes beside it or in front of it.
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Post by unclejoe on Dec 10, 2021 20:35:38 GMT -5
I just found a poop next to the hall box on the pad.  |
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Post by Charlie on Dec 10, 2021 20:38:36 GMT -5
I just found a poop next to the hall box on the pad. LMAO Yup, it didn't last long. |
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Post by unclejoe on Dec 12, 2021 8:19:09 GMT -5
I will try the boot camp on that box. it's where I can't see it from where i sit
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Post by Charlie on Dec 15, 2021 22:11:16 GMT -5
Charlie has one corner where I have 3 puppy pads to go on along that wall. Lately I see him going there and not backing up enough so I tell him to back up and he actually does and then goes on the puppy pad!! LOL
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Post by unclejoe on Dec 17, 2021 19:47:14 GMT -5
I had one that did that. the litter box by the hall bathroom isn't working. Bob likes to go in the bathroom. I may move the box to his favorite corner in the bathroom. I haven't tried that with him yet
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Post by Charlie on Dec 21, 2021 22:18:18 GMT -5
I had one that did that. the litter box by the hall bathroom isn't working. Bob likes to go in the bathroom. I may move the box to his favorite corner in the bathroom. I haven't tried that with him yet Well at least he knows which room in the house to go to the bathroom!!  |
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Post by unclejoe on Dec 22, 2021 20:45:43 GMT -5
Bobo, not Bob.
We're around 50% now. The cage boxes get scooped 1x/day they giet used multiple times. The hall box gets hit twice now before going on the pad outside. The box is about the same distance from their sleep spot under a cabinet as the bathroom corner he likes.
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nannah
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Post by nannah on Dec 23, 2021 22:04:09 GMT -5
Charlie has one corner where I have 3 puppy pads to go on along that wall. Lately I see him going there and not backing up enough so I tell him to back up and he actually does and then goes on the puppy pad!! LOL That's the cutest thing, lol! I'm going to have to try that. And yeah, I have puppy pads under the boxes, too. My guys tend to get a little lazy as well. That one step over the box seems soooooo tough some days. Life as a ferret is rough! |
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