I have a 3 story cage i want to put our bunny in.(playing musical cages with our animals so the degus are going back in the bunny cage)
Anyways, the bottom floor is metal and solid so no problems, but the top 2 floors are wire. really small spaces(maybe 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch or even 1/4)
Do I have to cover it? or can I just cover a part of it?
I was thinking of just covering a rest area on the top floor. the second floor is only half the cage length.
I hate the idea of her being on the wire to much but it is very small spacings, and the wire is coated, and the bottom floor solid.
Anyways, any opionions would be helpfull to weigh the pros and cons of it.
Thanks
Angel
I used plastic coated wire to make ramps for my rabbits and they have had no problem with it. One of my rabbits is a Rex with delicate feet, but the wire doesn\'t bother him. Non-coated wire is a problem for him. Maybe you could experiment and put some cardboard down on part of the floor and see which part your bunny likes. I always try to give my rabbits a choice and then I go with what they like. I covered my top floor with plastic runner. It stinks when you buy it and so I spred it out in my garden for a couple of weeks before I used it. My rabbits don\'t chew the plastic, but they is only because I covered it with hay and I give them sticks to chew on. If I put they hay in racks, they chew the plastic. They don\'t poop on the upper level. They do it on the bottom floor where their litter boxes are. The advantage of a \"hay loft\" as I like to refer to it as, is that I can scatter their pellets throughout the hay instead of using a food bowl. They spend a great deal of time digging through the hay to find their pellets, and it gives them something to do. If I put the pellets in a bowl, it is gone in 5 minutes, pretty boring. I hope this helps.
thanx yes it does help.
it gives me a couple ideas, I guess I will do the cage swap tonight and see how they all do(both the degus and the bunny.)
My one baby had a problem yesterday, Degus can drop their tails if they are pulled on (a defense thing) well I am not to sure what happens maybe they got ruff but the one baby lost his tail, but it didn\'t separate properly, so the bones and flesh stayed and the fur and skin slid off...I was absolutly horrified, and was so upset cause I didn\'t know what to do to stop the bleeding.
Anyways I had to separate him from the others till he stopped bleeding
HE IS OK NOW but I have to see how he is in a smaller cage with the rest.
it will be easier to keep clean for them and until he heals thats a NEED type thing.
well thanks again, lot\'s to think about.
I just want everyone to be happy...people and animals.
Angel
Angel,
If you haven\'t tried (
http://www.paw-talk.net), check it out. They have an interesting discussion forum for degus.