How To Train A Ferret Not To Pee On Your Carpet – 3 Practical Steps

Oh no, not again! That’s right, you thought you knew how to train a ferret, and yet your beloved furry friend has once again decided to use your new shaggy rug as a bathroom… oh joy… no!

As much as you love your ferret, his grooming habits will strain your relationship and be a constant source of annoyance and frustration for you. I hope by the end of this article your ferret potty training problems are solved. 🙂

How To Train A Ferret Not To Pee On Your Carpet – 3 Practical Steps

1) How to train a ferret using reinforcement – Ferrets are like most other living things, in that they can be influenced by positive or negative reinforcement. To make this work, you want to make sure that every time your ferret makes a mess on your floor, you punish him in some way, perhaps with a slap or an authoritative “NO!” On the other hand, when they use their litter box, you should reward them, maybe with food or a tummy rub (my little girl Rosie’s favorite).

The trick to reinforcement is to make sure they are punished or rewarded immediately after they have gone to the bathroom to make sure they associate peeing on their rug with bad feelings and reactions from you, and good feelings when they use their litter box. Over time they will learn to use their box exclusively. 🙂

2) How to train a ferret to use a litter box – A great thing to do to make sure your ferret doesn’t urinate on your carpet is to make sure he has access to a clean, readily available litter box. Ferrets are much more difficult to train than a cat, but it can be done. A good trick to train them in the use of 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 will get more used to using it (and not your new runners). .) You can try placing some of their droppings in the box so they start to make it their “special place” to go to the bathroom.

3) How to train a ferret to love his litter box – If you want to train your ferret to only use their litter box for potty training, make sure you keep it clean for them. Just like humans, they hate going to a dirty bathroom, and a nice soft rug is much more tempting than a stinky litter box.