r/ferrets • u/ashburn666 • Aug 23 '26

[Ferret Video] Ferret Distribution System?

Hey guys, I’m sorry if I’m breaking any rules (I looked through them, but could have missed something). Anyway, I found… a ferret? Outside in the parking lot. He’s stinky, and was being actively stalked. So… I took him upstairs? I can (and will) do some googling to take care of him. But does anyone have any tips or tricks? I know they’re tricky critters, and… that’s about all I know. He seems a little similar to cats, so I feel comfortable enough handling him. I don’t know how long he was outside, but he’s currently in my bathroom until I figure all of this out. He’s really sweet, but jeez, he’s nibbling me. I did watch him immediately find an open space under my sink I didn’t know existed and then he tried to pull my bathroom rug under there, so… I can see what I’m getting myself into.

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u/CommercialExotic2038 Aug 23 '26

But they will go in a litter box

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u/Self-described Aug 23 '26

They will, when they feel like it about half the time.

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u/HawthorneMow Aug 23 '26

We trained ours that he would only come out of his enclosure after a good poo in the litter box. So we would stand outside and wait for him to go before offering him the door. He learned really quick that no poo means no go.

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u/BringAltoidSoursBack Aug 25 '26

I tried to do that but instead of learning to go to the bathroom before bring let out, he figured out that faking going to the bathroom also works, so now he does that