I have a 8-10 week old kitten named Sprinkles, I havent had a cat from this young so any tips? she hasnt actually scratched the furniture that ive noticed... but id like to teach her how to use the post/board BEFORE something gets ruined! lol

I somewhat recently adopted two ferrets from a lady who rescued them and neither I or the lady have any clue how old they are, but they are still relatively small. Their cage has two levels and they have a litterpan attached to the side...But they tend to curl up and sleep in their litterpan, regardless if it has litter in it or not. So I just fill the bottom with kitten litter. I have noticed a few problems.. one, they sneeze and wheeze a lot, prompting me to wonder if it's allergies to the dust from the litter? Another, they are messy and always taking their food bowl out of its nest and laying it on it's side so they can dig all the food out with their paws. A lot of food gets on the floor and they end up eating it later, litter and all!. And last but NOT least, it smells awful! I clean the cage everyday, i bathe them twice a month, and after they've been out to play for a few hours I febreeze all my furniture...but it still smells like cat litter and poo. So yesterday I emptied the litter and laid down a large pad like we use for our birds cage. But they ripped it to shreds and started eliminating on the plastic bottom of the cage. Most of the urine was absorbed by the pad. My brother has the blue on of whatever you call these http://upload.ecvv.com/upload/Product/20086/China_mesh_hanging_storage_mesh_hanging_organizer_toy_organizer_mesh_net_storage_wall_hanger_organization20086252057031.jpg that he never uses, so I cut off one of the little sections and hung it in the cage yesterday. Last night they both slept in it, instead of the litter pan. Does that mean I can put litter in the pan? would that take down on the potency of the smell at all or no? is there anything else i could use, like woodchips or something? Ps - i want to buy a ferret hammock, ferret deodorizer, and a few other things - but we dont have a pet store and the nearest one is a few hundred miles away. I have a list for when I next go there, so if you have anything to add i'll write it down. One night without litter, and yet my room smells so much better! I mean HUGE difference! I would spray air freshener, but I'm leary. Would it be dangerous for them?

My cat had very severe herpes as a kitten, and needed to have one eye surgically removed. It has been a year and a half since the surgery, and he still spends most of his waking hours rubbing his covered eye socket (the surgeon closed the skin over it after removing the eye), either against furniture or with his paw. This is more than normal cat rubbing against furniture. I can only say he looks everday like I've felt after receiving multiple fire ant bites- like he's frantically trying to alleviate the itching, but will never be able to. I've looked this up multiple places, and the vet hasn't been any help, so this is my last resort. Is there anything I can do for him and- more immediately- what the heck is going on under there?

I originally had two siblings cats approx four months old one male the other female. The friends I adopted them from said the female had had less than a days contact with any other male since they had her. Nonetheless, three months later I come home to a bloody mess and see she has had her first litter of two. Again one male the other female. The male was all black like my first male Biggie, but the female was a beautiful blue eyed Tokanese. At first the two males got along great, the younger one following the other around everywhere. I had been frightened when i began noticing the elder cat mounting his apparent son from time to time. I researched this to find as a territorial issue and after about a month it stopped. Flash forward 8 months as the younger one was near the elders size the elder began attacking him unprovoked. Its always an ambush with warning and no outcry before he pounces. The victim cat Max screams as he defends himself but ultimately seeks a hiding place as he's usually out matched. Biggie the elder cat is never aggressive toward anything. I used to see he and his sister have minor bouts but now they're closer than ever and Max seems resented. I can't figure out why nonetheless Max still nuzzles and follows him around alot despite Biggies daily onslaughts. Max used to be the most play full of them all but now a year later he's become timid anxious especially around new people and cats. I now moved into a new place with my girlfriend and because of my cats not being fixed i've had to isolate them from the rest of the house because they have a habit of spraying furniture. We adopted another young stray who had her first litter in oct. of three. There is two females and one male. After letting them meet a few times the females get along just fine with him, but the little male seems unnessesarily aggressive toward him. I know they need to get fixed. Is there anything I can do to get Biggie to stop attacking him?

A few days ago I noticed that my little girl had bug bites on her arm after waking up from a nap. The bites looked like flea bites, little bumps, no visible puncture marks, 4 or 5 in the same little area. They didn't look like they bothered her. Anyways, I went around the house, washed all sheets, blankets, clothes and towels. Then I vacuumed every square inch of my house, corners, under furniture, even under cushions. I thought it was helping, until my little boy woke up with little bumps the next morning (today). I gave my cat a flea bath, but none came off of her. The kids aren't sick, the bites don't itch or hurt, they aren't even red, but they are definitely bug bites. What the heck do I do now? I just want to get rid of them! Should I call pest control even though I haven't seen any bugs? Should I take the kids to the doctor and see if they know what the bumps are or do you think that the bumps on my son might have been a few days old, before I re-cleaned everything, and I should just wait and keep vacuuming everyday and see if they go away?