Lil Fella's Mom
Well-known Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2009
- Posts
- 448
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2009
- Messages
- 448
My two rats have adjusted well and their URI is healed. Occasional sneezes can be heard but not more discharge or permanent sniffles.
It was amazing to see how well they train. The vet tech showed me how to scruff them to hold them still without hurting them. They were fighting with the meds at first but after 2-3 days the procedure was easy as pie.
I have a little issues with the boys. Dale in particular is a cage re-arranger. I have two levels of cage with two half level shelves. The bottom is lined with Critter care (like carefresh) and shredded paper. The second level has towels and two small kitty litter pans. The half levels have towels and a small dog bed on them.
Dale likes to move things around and burrow which is perfectly fine and I am sure normal behavior. Also normal is the chewing. He has eaten a hole in the dog bed and shredded two towels. I am not worried about him eating these pieces because I find them on the floor and in the cage every morning.
My problem, I keep loosing towels, can anyone suggest anything that the rats won't shred? Can I give them something to chew that is less destructive? The second level doesn't have a pan like the bottom (hence the towels and kittty litter boxes). Is it ok to maybe make one out of coroplast or will they chew through it?
Thanks for any help and suggestions.
It was amazing to see how well they train. The vet tech showed me how to scruff them to hold them still without hurting them. They were fighting with the meds at first but after 2-3 days the procedure was easy as pie.
I have a little issues with the boys. Dale in particular is a cage re-arranger. I have two levels of cage with two half level shelves. The bottom is lined with Critter care (like carefresh) and shredded paper. The second level has towels and two small kitty litter pans. The half levels have towels and a small dog bed on them.
Dale likes to move things around and burrow which is perfectly fine and I am sure normal behavior. Also normal is the chewing. He has eaten a hole in the dog bed and shredded two towels. I am not worried about him eating these pieces because I find them on the floor and in the cage every morning.
My problem, I keep loosing towels, can anyone suggest anything that the rats won't shred? Can I give them something to chew that is less destructive? The second level doesn't have a pan like the bottom (hence the towels and kittty litter boxes). Is it ok to maybe make one out of coroplast or will they chew through it?
Thanks for any help and suggestions.
