Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[lifeisgood.lisha]

I take my chin out every night and sweep the poops off her fleece liners every morning. I also rotate her toys around her cage every night and hide timothy hay cubes for her to find.  I love spending time with her, she's my buddy. However, I've been having problems with her pulling the fleece liners on the corners when she get's bored/wants to come out in the morning! I have them long enough so I can wrap them underneath the pans. When she does it while I'm around i'll gently blow on her to get her to stop, but she keeps doing it. Chinchilla's are stubborn!!! How can I get her to stop? Do you have any ideas for how to fasten the fleece down so she can't do it even if she tries? I don't enjoy blowing on her.

Her pans are plastic underneath in her Critter Nation cage. I'm in the process of getting metal ones, because i know plastic is no bueno for chinchillas! Hence my concern for her pulling up the fleece. She doesn't seem to chew the pans anymore. I think she's pulling on the fleece for attention I think. Little sassy thing  Ideas? 



Thanks! 

[GrayRodent]

I can't think of a good way to that. Maybe someone else has a suggestion.

[lifeisgood.lisha]

I'm considering getting bobby pins to secure the fleece under the pans to the cage so she can't pull it up. I just keep forgetting to go to the craft store to get some.

[Morrigancharm]

I have seen in the stores, elastic binders that go on bed sheets (the fitted ones) that are supposed to keep it taunt at night for those who toss and turn and crumple the sheets. Maybe something like that would be good? If the clips and connectors were metal and not plastic?

[GrayRodent]

That sounds like a really cool idea. I would expect that the binders will keep the blanket secure enough that they should remain out of reach of the animal.