Behavior Challenges and Training Tips for Your Ferret

Just as with any other pet, ferrets can be a challenge at times. Your ferret children will need your guidance and proper training in order to resolve behavior challenges. With these training tips and some good old-fashioned gumption, you will have your ferret behaving like the charming little darling that you know it can.

Ferrets will bite in just the same way that kittens will and dogs do. They are no different, regardless of stories you have heard about ferrets biting more than a typical pet.

These critters are used to playing with each other and playing hard. They do not realize that they hurt you when they do this. However, they can be trained differently just like any other pet.

* The scruff method � mamma ferrets will always grab their babies by the scruff of their neck in an attempt to curb unwanted behavior. This technique is useful for you as well. Just grab your ferret by the pull of skin on the back of its neck when it bites so that it will learn not to do this.

* Give your ferret an alternative to biting � offer a toy of some sort to capture the ferret�s attention so that the unwanted behavior of biting is shifted to one of playing.

* Place your ferret in its cage for a few minutes after telling it firmly �no.� This should be repeated and consistent until the new learned behavior is in place.

Your little darling has a lovely habit of wanting to knock anything and everything over. You can avoid this behavior by placing the food bowl higher above and mounted on the cage. A water bottle attached to the cage is also a wise choice since ferrets love to knock bowls of water over.

If your ferret is moving his furniture around too frequently, try to take it out for more playtimes. More often than not, your ferret is bored out of its mind and needs a creative outlet.

If your ferret is missing the litter box and going outside of it, chances are you will need to help it along by separating its eating and drinking space from its potty space. By keeping its eating and drinking space separate, you will give the clear indication that there is a space for eating and drinking and a place for potty. Cover the floor of the cage with bedding and your ferret will most likely realize that this is a place to sleep, not a toilet.

By sectioning off the different areas, you will help your ferret to realize that the potty is the place it needs to go for its bathroom use.