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Post by luxuriousferret on Apr 19, 2009 21:07:56 GMT -5
How dothey work, are they simply just a tub with a hole in it?  Or what is it? I am wanting to make one, any tips? thanks  |
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Post by ccretarolo on Apr 19, 2009 21:21:09 GMT -5
I personally use a cardboard box lined with old T-shirts.
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Post by Steffi Loves Her Fuzzbuckets on Apr 19, 2009 21:28:39 GMT -5
You would need alot of cardboard boxes, switching them out every time to keep everything disinfected and clean. I'm going to be using [dark-colored or black] plastic rubbermaid tubs, it's easily cleaned after every meal or the end of the day and you only need that one. (Or, One for each ferret you own.) ;3 Here is a link on feeding boxes and how to make your own: www.naturalferrets.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=318 |
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Post by ccretarolo on Apr 19, 2009 22:06:29 GMT -5
I forgot to mention that I staple the shirts in the box as a lining and pry off the staples whenever I need to change out the shirts.
I've also noticed that Ozzy now prefers to eat out in the open anyway...
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Post by Heather on Apr 19, 2009 23:11:20 GMT -5
I just use whatever soda box has been emptied. They'll get it for a couple of days and then I throw it out. Loki likes taking the whole bowl and stuffing it under my art portfolio that's leaning against the wall (we're not impressed :  Thor's favourite spot is the litter box  Sanitary isn't in a ferret's vocabulary   Actually they have a couple of those rodent habitats (the plastic ones that have no bottoms, they look like an igloo) in their room that they use. I just have to pick up the igloo and wash the floor underneath (as long as Loki doesn't decide the igloo needs to be somewhere else in the house .) They don't have to be fancy, the ferrets' don't really care, they just have to be easily cleaned out, for us. I'm not impressed with one of the places, which is the bottom space in the cat tower. That is disgusting (carpeted for cat comfort) next to impossible to clean  . They don't have to be difficult to create, your furbaby doesn't care. They just have to be simple to maintain for you:) ciao |
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Post by luxuriousferret on Apr 20, 2009 14:45:02 GMT -5
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Post by Steffi Loves Her Fuzzbuckets on Apr 20, 2009 15:08:39 GMT -5
Well, You should melt a hole in the bottom of it so he can easily get in and out. I'm going to see if I can bend a wire hanger and boil it than set it where I want it on the tub and just let it burn through. :] Then, I'll put a short-cut (6 in) dryer hose out of the hole to keep out bacteria and Cats! You can just drape a blanket over the top of it so air can come through, x3 I don't think putting the lid on is very safe.. Awwh! Do you have piccy's of his chubbiness? Lol, I love the chumbawambas! |
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Post by luci on Apr 20, 2009 15:30:44 GMT -5
We have plastic sterilite storage boxes and I line them with pieces of brown paper bags. We used a metal coffee can heated on the stove top to melt a perfect circle and then fitted a plastic gutter drainage extender tube thingy in it. Soaking the tube in hot water helped get it in there easily. We had to make a tunnel entrance to keep cat paws out and it works really well.
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Post by Steffi Loves Her Fuzzbuckets on Apr 20, 2009 15:39:56 GMT -5
Ahh, Coffee Can. That's a great idea. x] I'm not really understanding about the drain-extender-pastic-gutter ..thing, though |
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Post by luxuriousferret on Apr 20, 2009 19:27:47 GMT -5
Thats a great idea! I will have to see though, it sounds messy...
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Post by Steffi Loves Her Fuzzbuckets on Apr 20, 2009 21:32:28 GMT -5
What sounds messy? The rubbermaid's are well easy to clean. x3
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Post by luxuriousferret on Apr 21, 2009 9:13:24 GMT -5
No, the melting thing. I am out of meat  Yesterday too. So I may have to "buy" some steak from my mom  |
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Post by Steffi Loves Her Fuzzbuckets on Apr 21, 2009 10:05:53 GMT -5
Ohh, Hm, I don't think it will be that messy. I'll take pictures when I do it and post up a sort of Tutorial kind of thing, if you'd like. x3
Ahh, That stinks, >< Good luck. :3
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Post by luxuriousferret on Apr 21, 2009 11:03:39 GMT -5
that would be helpful. thank you! oh, they are going to get liver tiday. do you think one each is good?
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Post by Steffi Loves Her Fuzzbuckets on Apr 21, 2009 12:21:21 GMT -5
No Problem! I'll be doing that tomorrow, So You'll have it by tomorrow night. x3
Liver is high in Vitamin A and if your fert eats too much it will be a problem. What I do is give him 1 liver each week. So, If you have 2 organ days, like me. Give 1/2 a liver each organ day. :]
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