By Holly

Their respiratory system is sensitive and prone to illness and infection, so any paper/wood/shredding bedding should be avoided! Even the 99% dust-free stuff, because they are also very clean animals and often groom themselves or eat things they shouldn’t - if they ingest of this bedding, it will cause blockage. (Unfortunately, this shredding type of bedding is what you’ll see ferrets in at a lot of pet stores. You’ll also notice most ferrets in pet stores are having trouble breathing or are sickly. Can you imagine sleeping in paper shreddings? My nose would get gunked up too!) Plus… the shredding bedding would be such a hassle to clean out all the time!

Spoil your babies with blankets. From towels, linens, baby blankets, even scrap fabric from thrift stores. Please watch your ferrets at first, since some like to chew on certain fabrics (mine goes crazy for towels) which could result in a blockage. Usually when you have a chewer, linens (bed sheets) are a safe way to go. If you want to get fancy, there are some lovely designers for hammocks and full ferret bed-sets on Etsy.

https://holisticferretforum.com/health/blockages/

If your ferrets don’t make a mess of things, usually washing the blankets once a week is fine, though more may be needed if there’s a potty accident or someone throws their food/water all over. To wash, any normal detergent you use for your laundry is fine. Try to avoid anything overpoweringly scented or any dryer sheets, since too much fragrance can irritate their noses and set them into a sneezing fit, as well as having various ingredients in the soaps/dryer sheets that are toxic.