ticks do not live on host animals all their lives, they just feed on them, which is how your ferret gets them once underground, normally a tick once full, will fall off and live in the bedding/area, attaching itself to any host animal once it needs to feed again, so always make sure you do a good clean out and fresh bedding after finding a tick, as there could be more, just waiting to hop back on
Cheers bud, ive took all towels out and soaked them in boiling water as i do every time u change them.
And ive also crubbed the whole hutch with boiling water.
Ill get on of those remov