By Holly

A lot of people use Yesterday’s News, Wood Stove Pellets (not BBQ wood pellets), walnut pellets, or pee pads. Pellets can be found at any hardware store, usually $5 for 40lbs. With two ferrets, that lasts me about 4 months. Potty pads are a good option if you have someone who likes to dig/eat/sleep in their litter box, but they’re a bit wasteful, and it can take your ferret some time to stop playing with it or sleeping on it. Your internal environmentalist will hate you for using them, but sometimes it’s the best thing. There are eco-friendly pee pads, but of course they’re a bit more expensive. (There’s also the reusable ones!)

Cat litter/clay litters are NO BUENO - they clump and cake to the ferrets paws (much more than cats - I’ve seen a ferret paw that was a solid little clay brick from someone using cat litter). They are also super dusty and can cause a lot of respiratory issues. Ferrets are lower to the ground than cats, and like to SNORF. These factors can get clay in their lungs (or eyes, nose, genitals) and cause infections.

As for boxes.. They prefer something big enough they can fit their whole body into, do a dance in, and then some. Big boxes with low entry-points! Marshall’s High Back box is pretty good generally, though I’ve been leaning towards Puppy Pans lately.

You’ll want a box on each floor of the cage, and in at least one corner of their room for play-time. If they free roam, you’ll probably want one in each room of the house they’re allowed in, since their attention spans aren’t long enough to go through the hassle of running ALL THE WAY back to one box. If a nearby corner looks nice and poopable, they’ll poop there instead.

Also here’s a great link for some litter box ideas - especially for ferrets being little boogers about using their box.

http://www.disabledrabbits.com/litter-boxes.html