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division, but should have a strong tin tray 

 fitting over the floor of it covered with sand, 

 which can be drawn out and cleaned ; the 

 front of this compartment, too, should be 

 wire netting. The sand tray should be 

 removed and cleaned every day, even 

 Sundays. The house should stand on legs 

 about a foot high. Each compartment 

 should have a separate lid, and the little 

 entrance holes through the divisions should 

 have a slide to shut them, so that any one 

 division can be opened without all the ferrets 

 rushing out. The bed should be changed 

 once a week. Such a box as I have shown 

 is large enough for ten ferrets. For a 

 mother with a family a much smaller box will 

 suffice, but it should be made on the same 

 plan. For bedding use only wheat-straw. 

 Either barley-straw or hay will give ferrets 

 mange in a few days. 



After housing the ferrets, they will require 



