Dexter's Home with questions

[bcelisa]

. I've been reseaeching and coming up with all these questions. I've got the ferret nation cage that's a steel wire with two levels. Right now for the bottom I have carpetand fleece on top of that and some branches (which is obsessively chews on and breaks into tiny pieces) and a box where he sleeps with fleece. . . I'm confused and thinking I should have something different? Stuff for gim to make a nest, something for if he wants to hide a piece of food? I see him sometimes digging trying to maybe bury food, but just goes under fleece. . . I read they like Kleenex box's, they pull it out and make a nest? What do you line the bottom with? OH and they pee and poo wherever they want in their cage right? Even on their tree limbs? Those are kinda hard to clean the urine smell off of. Am I doing this right?


and I'm gonna get some pics up here after I take kids to dr :)))mjs

[Jackie in Tampa]

:shakehead I know it...
they are slobs..
sqs are ingrats..
little piggys!

I tweak the cage ...Yeah!
new clean linens..Yeah
scrub the shelf...Yeah!
fill and clean the water bottle...fresh greenery Oh lala!
The place looks great..
add the beautiful babies, Yeah !

awe...sweet little babies...they need a nut and a clean stuffie...yeah!
awe....baby sqs..awe..sweeties....
Graham cracker box to hide in..awe...
and some small fleece squares to play in...awe sweeties...
awe kisses...

that's it...it's over...
that's it...time to eat pee shredd devour destroy..that's it...:D
wham bam....done!

gotta love'em!....Yeah!:Love_Icon

[Jackie in Tampa]

no really...:D they love hammocks
they really do...make one if you need to..
not using towels of course...tshirts or fleece..easy!
just look at pics here..of others cages...lots of ideas!:thumbsup

cut long wide strips of fleece and braid it for a vine thingy..
you can tie a stuffie to the end of it and be entertained til your belly hurts
or
attach to another wall in the cage......sqs pee on what they love..:D
thank God for washing machines..and I mean that.:)

Ball up socks into one another...fab fun!:crazy
cardboard oatmeal cans...awesome!
wooden bird toys...
all time favorite...hedgies from Walmart dog toy dept!:Love_Icon that's a must!
pure pleasure for all involved...under $5!:wott
:poke we'll need before and after's!.....:D

[bcelisa]

oh thanks Jackie :) haha on a lot of stuff you said... they are CERTAINLY quite the little slobs :shakehead ... I am such a clean freak :tilt even with 6 kids, two dogs, (one which wears a diaper, sigh) a bird and all the other kids that seem to wonder in my house, lol... and now DEXTER... i just have to get use to NOT being able to control his sloppiness, haha I've done many of the things you suggested, the only thing I have yet to get set up is the hammock, however that's next on my list :) I guess my main things is the bottom of the cage, I can't seem to figure out whats best :dono since is wire... I've looked at all the pictures of the cages here, and ohhhed and awweed haha... some are so luxurious :) its so hard to see whats in the bottom... any suggestions on that? :thinking :D :thankyou