Apparently not good enough...

[katt]

Also - maybe he just has it in his head that ferret stink and has convinced himself of it?

[bluemoose]

I'd also recommend World's Best Cat litter. I used Marshall litter, then switched to Yesterday's News, and finally tried World's Best. Easily my favorite and the best of the three for odor control. Pelleted litters like Marshall have zero odor control as far as I could tell. Plus having a scoopable litter makes life so much easier.

Clean litter daily (like you are), completely change it every 1-2 weeks, wash out the litter boxes, and add baking soda when you refill the boxes.

[katt]

WB and SC litters are flushable too! So you won't have stinky litter hanging around in the trash or anything.

[miamiferret2]

Pine/wood shaving for litter causes upper respiratory problems in ferrets

[miamiferret2]

Ferret ear wax smells really bad. Use an earwash for cats or dogs and clean her ears once a week. Sometimes adrenal ferrets produce a lot more earwax and they smell worse. He needs to understand that ALL animals smell like something! Personally, I enjoy the way ferrets smell but i can't stand the smell of bird feathers/bird poop!

[bluemoose]

I've heard that ear cleaning is like bathing in that you don't want to overdo it. The more you clean, the faster the wax will come back. Her ears shouldn't stink so bad that they need constant cleaning. If they do, you might want to check for another issue like ear mites.

[rarnold18]

tea tree oil can be very drying when used topically. It's a great antimicrobal and I use it in some of our laundry, our bath towels, my husbands work clothes, and when Abigail was still in diapers her cloth diapers ( make my own laundry detergent and the stinky, damp or sweaty stuff gets a drop or two of TTO)...it's a great thing but not for animals especially cats and ferrets because they can't metabolize it and it then damages their kidneys resulting in kidney failure amoung other things.
I'm a preschool teacher and I even use it when I wash all the nap time blankets because it will kill ring worm (ew) and little kids can be nasty little critters and stuff like ringworm can and will go through a 3 year old classroom like wild fire! ewewewringwormis nastyewewew....summer down here is bad for that nasty fungi ewewew even makemy own solution to use on the ringworm and it's gone in half the time it takes when using prescription meds or OTC meds....ewewew...

[taratee]

miamiferret2 the pine shavings are bad for ferrets but feline pine is okay because it is kiln-dried so you get all the absorption with none of the oils and such that bother a ferret

[B3@N!]

Okay, so switching litters. How do I go about doing this the right way? Maybe half and half? I have a feeling she will dig and dig. And ditching the tea tree spray.

I do agree it's in his head as well. He's a stubborn Leo!

[katt]

He is also a boy!
I would do it gradually just to use up the rest of the litter that you have. Sadly, they DO like to dig in the litter. I find with my boys though that when it is poopy they (thankfully) don't dig. Kenai digs every time I scoop, Koda digs when I do a full litter change. A small hand held vacuum is great for sucking up any litter that gets ouf of the box. Also, while switching the litter keep it a little dirty for a while so she KNOWS what it is for. Once she proves she will use it then go back to keeping it clean. Hope that helps!

Oh also, I notice that WB has a smell when it gets wet. I do not like it, but mixing it with SC helps reduce that. SC does not have that smell and works great for odor control, but the clumps break apart more easily than WB - so mixing them helps reduce wet WB odor, and SC loose clumps. The multicat version of both litters is the best. If I use JUST one I prefer SC. Both really are great litters though. (and and scooping out the wet WB takes care of the smell pretty well of course).

[jon]

With 13 in the business, things can get stinky around here in a hurry (if we don't do the laundry often enough). As to litter, we'v been using the cat version of Swheat Scoop. They like it, and it absorbs odors pretty well. The only complaint I have is that they tend to track it around quite a bit.

[Heather]

That was my problem with the sweet scoop litter too. For a time when my MIL's cats first came here, they were used to clumping litter (can't use that with ferrets) and so we went to sweet scoop litter at the recommendation of the vet. Ferrets loved it...for playing in, snorkeling in (usually resulting in sneeze attacks so hard they'd knock their silly heads off the floor.... ) unfortunately, not pooping in
ciao

[maddiesmom]

I switched to WBCL and I'll never switch back I hate the smell of some litters... marshals, yesterdays news, bleh! WBs a whinner in my book lol

Also, for shampoo, I use Earthbath Oatmeal and Aloe. But, I only bath when they're visibly dirty and really need it. I can't even say I do it monthly, because I don't.

I recently moved back in with my parents... my Mom has really bad asthma, and when I was a kid I had to rehome a ferret because of her asthma. But that was before I knew about raw, chemicals, and all that. She says she can't even smell my ferrets now! Which is AWESOME!

It really seems like the more chemicals you use, the more they stink. I use vinegar and water to clean just about everything... mainly to wipe off levels and the bars of the cage once a week when I wash and switch out bedding. I scoop litter daily (sometimes every other day) and that's about it. My Mom can sit right next to them on the couch and not have any issues

Also, I wanted to add that ferrets who are caged a lot seem to stink more, too. If it hasn't been mentioned already (I admit I skimmed some of the posts )

[mjohn143]

sometimes age may have something to do with... idk anything about ferret puberty but with mine it seems around 4 months they get extra musky and their fur looks oilier but then it goes away. Idk if anyone else has had any experience with this or not?