Cage

What is the best cage for three or more ferrets?

I am getting three ferrets (or more) and I need a cage and hopefully soon. I have looked at the Marshall Estate and Ferret Nation. Don't Even mention Super Pet because those tubes just freak me out, I just know they get stuck some day. And they are not quality cages they aren't metal like the Ferret Nation and Marshall Estate cages. Never mind, now I'm getting two ferrets and they come with toys and the cage. :) my mother plans on getting a new cage next year or sooner.

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1. I have 2 ferrets and i Got this 5ft. tall 6ft long 4 leavels @ petco for them, they love it.
2. Ferret Nation!!! Ferretnationferretnation!! Hehehe, it's really the best cage there is! I can sit in mine while I'm cleaning it and it holds me up! It's extremely heavy duty. I can't think of any cage that's not metal that will be quality. Plastic tends to warp, crack, and wear. The Ferret Nation has a metal structure but the floors that they walk on are hard plastic. If it doesn't look nice, you can buy bedding for it or all the colors of their blankets and hammocks will look fine on it. http://www.littlefeetferretbedding.org Two ferrets would be okay in a 141, but I wouldn't put three or more in anything smaller than a Ferret Nation 142.
3. Its true, Ferret Nation is by far one of the very best ferret cages available. Everyone I know has one (I opted to build my own instead), they are easily to clean and quite large. I suggest you get the Ferret Nation 142. For one thing, even if you only get 2 ferrets now, thats plenty of room, plus it can be sectioned off if one ferret gets sick and needs to be kept away from the others. Or you introduce a new ferret, you can section off for that. A FN 142 comfortably fits 4 ferrets. AWESOME! That you already know the purple and bright green Super Pet is awful! I know people who's ferrets have been caught in between the bars of that cage. It is unsafe.
4. Ferret Nation is the best of the best. Its what I have. It easily holds my 3 ferrets - two boys (one is very large) and a little female. And its only a one story. It could comfortably 4 females, I think. The single or double story Super Pets make good quarantine/travel cages though! I have one that would fit a small rabbit and it works perfectly for that.
5. The Ferret Mansion by Quality Cages is the best cage out there. Runs about $350 for the powder coated steel three-story version. The Ferret Nation is OK cage but with the solid levels it's not as easy to hang hammocks in. And if you buy the three levels you actually pay MORE than if you bought the better quality Ferret Mansion. Most shelters use the Ferret Mansion - not the Ferret Nation. But what do you know about ferrets? And why would you immediately get "three or more"? Ferrets are VERY expensive animals to care for especially as they age and end up with Adrenal Disease, Insulinoma, Lymphoma or Cardiomyopathy - sometimes even more than one of these. Please be sure you do your research before getting even ONE ferret. Read the book "Ferrets For Dummies" cover to cover, make sure you can afford to feed them a high-protein meat-based diet, that you can afford their inevitable vet bills and that you have several hours each day to dedicate to their out-of-cage time and to cleaning their litter boxes and feeding them. There's THOUSANDS of ferrets at shelters because of people that bought them on impulse without researching their care. Please don't be another person to add to this number.
6. Ferret Nation 142 is the best cage for the best price. Period. :)