Which is better for my ferret

[Lady Rhubarb Gigglegarden]

I have a young ferret, under 1 year old, named Felix. I want to make
a dig box for him. Which would be safer and more fun for him, a large
plastic tote, 56qt/ 53L, filled with ping pong balls or a starch based
packaging product. How much do you think it would take to fill it. If
I use the the plastic tote I will not put the lid on with Felix
inside. Or would card board boxes be better? Also I saw a product
called Super Pet Chilly Chews on amazon.com its ingredients are:
calcium, salt, oyster shell flour, artificial color, and natural
flavor. Have you heard of this product before? Is this safe or
necessary for Felix?

[CAM]

Excellent questions! We have a 'dig box' which is a plastic bin that
is about 8 inches deep and 2' by 3' (approximately). We filled the dig
box with the same balls that you find in those inflatable jump houses.
The balls are about 3 inches in diameter and they are flexible but not
flexible enough for the ferrets to get their teeth in to them. You can
find the balls at Toys R Us. FYI - we do not put the lid on when
allowing the ferrets to play in the bin full of balls. I never used
ping pong balls but two things I am sure you will find out: it will be
costly to buy that many ping pong balls and they need to be washed
since they have a powdery coating on them when they ship. You will
also have to keep an eye on the balls so that if one gets smashed the
ferrets aren't biting in to it.

I looked at the product Super Pet Chilly Chews which looks like an
ice cream cone. They don't specifically state that the treats are for
ferrets. I know some one out there makes a french fry treat but what
we use are the Pounce cat treats in the bag. We use the harder type.
Not only do they work as treats and ferrets come running when you open
the bag but they are also good for their teeth (supposed to help clean
teeth).

Dave

On Oct 7, 12:45�am, Lady Rhubarb Gigglegarden <tomast...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

[Nikita Hnatko]

The fries are called Foamy Fries and my fuzzies love them! I give them
each about 1 a week if I have them. I also give them cheweasels as a
treat 1 for all 4 of them per week, they fight over it and hide it
from each other but they all get a chew on it. You can find these and
other great ferret products on www.drsfosterandsmith.com , they may be
called something different but you will get the idea when you look at
it. I have tried some of the other treats on there too but my fuzzies
are picky and a couple of the chicken bites went bad since I do not
feed treats that much. I also give a N Bone Ferret Chew Treats to each
of them about 2 times a week. Their absolute favorite treat of all
time is the best for them is the 8 in 1 ferretvite. They each can get
up to a teaspoon a day but i just squeeze some out of the tube into
their mouths. Just some ideas for healthy treats that are made for
ferrets.

[Diane Kromke]

One of our board members uses rice in his dig box. It works well for him. He went to a store that sold the rice in the really big bags. Of course, the rice ends up being flung everywhere, and it is harder to clean up than larger balls would be.

As far as treats go, usually your ferret will tell you which one to buy. I ended up with most of a package of almost everything on the market before I found Yogies! I've also had some that won't touch a Yogies! but will fight over raisin flavored Bandits.

Diane Kromke
Di...@FerretsUnlimited.org