Oh no, not again! That’s right, you thought you knew how to train a ferret and yet your dear furry friend has decided once again to use your new plush rug as his bathroom … oh joy … no!
As much as you love your ferret, his bathing habits will strain your relationship and be a constant source of annoyance and frustration for you. I hope that by the end of this article your toilet training problems will be solved. 🙂
How to train a ferret not to urinate on your carpet: 3 practical steps
1) How to train a ferret using booster – Ferrets are like most other living creatures in that they can be influenced by positive or negative reinforcement. For this to work, you need to make sure that every time your ferret makes a nasty mess on your floor, you punish him in some way, maybe a punch or an overbearing “NO!” On the other hand when they use their litter box you should reward them, perhaps with food or a belly rub (my little Rosie’s favorite).
The trick to reinforce is to make sure they are punished or rewarded immediately after they have gone to the bathroom to make sure they associate peeing on your carpet with bad feelings and reactions from you, and good feelings when they use their litter box. In time, they will learn to use their box exclusively. 🙂
2) How to train a ferret to use a litter box – One important thing to do to ensure that your ferret does not urinate on your carpet is to ensure that he has access to a clean and available litter box. Ferrets are much more difficult to train than a cat, but it can be done. A good trick to train them to use their box is not to let them out of their cage in the morning until they have gone to the bathroom in their box, this way they can get more used to using it (and not your new runners). .) You can try putting some of your droppings in the box so they start to make it your “special place” to go to the bathroom.
3) How to train a ferret to love its litter box – If you want to train your ferret to only use his litter box to go to the bathroom, be sure to keep it clean for him. Like humans, they hate going to a dirty bathroom, and a nice soft area of carpet is far more tempting than a stinky litter box.
