D'awww I love his forehead stripe! Definitely not a small rat you had there, nopenope. XD
So. If I can convince my husband, then I think I may take the plunge back into rodent land after my foster kitties go home, kind of torn between rats and Degus right now, the latter mostly because of the longer lifespan. It'd be easier to find rats in rescue though, but then I worry even more about lifespan if they had a crappy start and arg.
Why can't pets live as long as we do, eh!?
Anyway, any cage suggestions? I think I want a critter nation, but I'm not sure how to set up the cage. I've seen people cover all the wire levels with felt which seems great for their feet but probably has to be changed out every five minutes. I saw one cage where they put soft bedding in the bottom and left the rest wire. If I'm remembering what we did with the boys mumblemumble years ago we had carefresh in the bottom and put cardboard across most of the wire, but not all. I'm not 100% sure though. I hate to risk bumblefoot so I can't decide what to do.
I'm gonna shush now before I go on a real babblestorm.
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So. If I can convince my husband, then I think I may take the plunge back into rodent land after my foster kitties go home, kind of torn between rats and Degus right now, the latter mostly because of the longer lifespan. It'd be easier to find rats in rescue though, but then I worry even more about lifespan if they had a crappy start and arg.
Why can't pets live as long as we do, eh!?
Anyway, any cage suggestions? I think I want a critter nation, but I'm not sure how to set up the cage. I've seen people cover all the wire levels with felt which seems great for their feet but probably has to be changed out every five minutes. I saw one cage where they put soft bedding in the bottom and left the rest wire. If I'm remembering what we did with the boys mumblemumble years ago we had carefresh in the bottom and put cardboard across most of the wire, but not all. I'm not 100% sure though. I hate to risk bumblefoot so I can't decide what to do.
I'm gonna shush now before I go on a real babblestorm.