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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 21:45:41 GMT
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Post by Emziedee on Mar 2, 2018 23:19:35 GMT
Awwww loving the new nursery 😝
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Post by Emziedee on Mar 2, 2018 23:20:13 GMT
Ooo oooo ! Get an OBESE BOY!
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Post by randomname on Mar 2, 2018 23:33:57 GMT
Looks so good Em, really jealous. Will be so much easier to clean as well.
Been thinking about Alfie & Paddy, am wondering if Alfie was actually the problem with Dame Maggie too? I know we were told she was the problem, but I haven't found her to be in any way like she was described. She has zero issue with my boys (but they've never been together so can't be sure) I remember Ruth saying Dame Maggie was nipping at Alfie, so maybe it was the other way around? Or maybe Maggie has made him defensive & he learned bad behaviour from her? Dunno, was just a thought I had. Where did you do intros? most people recommend somewhere like a bathroom, small area to prevent chasing & neutral territory. Sandbath might help so they can both smell neutral.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 12:10:31 GMT
Ooo oooo ! Get an OBESE BOY! OMG!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 12:12:30 GMT
Looks so good Em, really jealous. Will be so much easier to clean as well. Been thinking about Alfie & Paddy, am wondering if Alfie was actually the problem with Dame Maggie too? I know we were told she was the problem, but I haven't found her to be in any way like she was described. She has zero issue with my boys (but they've never been together so can't be sure) I remember Ruth saying Dame Maggie was nipping at Alfie, so maybe it was the other way around? Or maybe Maggie has made him defensive & he learned bad behaviour from her? Dunno, was just a thought I had. Where did you do intros? most people recommend somewhere like a bathroom, small area to prevent chasing & neutral territory. Sandbath might help so they can both smell neutral. Ooooh maybe. I did the recommended methods on Chin and Hedgies.. The cage within a cage. First Paddy in the small cage into Alfie’s cage. Then Alfie in small cage into Paddy’s cage. Scared to death to do like real open space introductions. My bathroom isn’t huge so I could do it there. They’ve been sharing sand bath the whole time. Tried the vanilla on the nose thing too lol.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 13:44:18 GMT
Gonna brace going out today, going to the cinema, but before that going to Just For Pets in Worcester to have a look at lamps and get more sand lol.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2018 21:30:40 GMT
Knackered. Just sat on the toilet and I haven’t sat down since I woke up at 7:30am to go to work. Got back from work at 4:30pm Had to rush and clean the aventura, woman came and got it at 5:30 Then went and started emptying pinky and perky cage... Got two lazybones up which was a nightmare as the rods are packed away somewhere unknown. Then put P&p into one lazybones (empty). Gutted their cage. Wheeled into kitchen. Got Alfie into another lazybones. Emptied his half of the aventura Put goos in the bottom half. Put paddy in the now other empty lazybones... Emptied the top where he was living. Let goos have the whole run and kitted it out with their stuff.. Kitted out Alfie and Paddy. Yes I got a 16 inch wheel into a lazybones. No I don’t want to ever do it again. Hoovered and cleaned through. Tidied the room. Bamboozled.
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Post by misscatafer on Mar 4, 2018 23:01:47 GMT
Wow! You have worked so hard! So you need 6 more vivs now? It will look amazing when it is all finished
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Post by Emziedee on Mar 4, 2018 23:26:50 GMT
Well done gal! How are they all coping with the changes? Have there been any barneys?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2018 21:43:42 GMT
misscatafer yep! Main mission is to buy three so everyone’s in a viv at least. Just ordered one more so pinky and Perky should be in a viv by the weekend! So cute this morning I went and checked on all the goos and cos pinky and perky are in Alfie's cage, I did the fleece covers on his cage like forever ago and made them way too big. On the top half level there's a big dip that sags down creating like a pocket of fleece, went in couldn't see P&P anywhere then saw this fleece moving lol they're using it as a hammock the fools 😩😍
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2018 21:43:59 GMT
And nope! No barneys as of yet!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 0:21:52 GMT
Spent the last hour catching Kev and Poppy the poo heads. Hadn’t chewed the vent. Pulled it clean out instead. 🤨 I was on the toilet having a number 2 and I asked Cal to check on the Viv waters because their bottles aren’t in at the moment because we don’t have the right nails to fix the bracket to the side of the Viv. So they have plastic cups cut shallow for now. But they tip them. Cal comes back. “Kev is on top of Pinky and Perkys aventura”. I said shut up how is their water? He said no serious. I rush off the toilet and go and look and Kev is on their cage sat on the saw with his head resting on the blade looking casual. Catch kev with some millet. Put him in the cage. Look for Poppy.. See a blood trail down the side of Pickle and Pumbas Viv... I left their glass doors open a finger width to allow for more air flow. Must have stuck a body part in. She’s cowering behind the vivs. Pull them out and scoop her up. By the time I’d done that KEV HAS RIPPED THE VENT OUT AGAIN AND ESCAPED. So before catching him again, poppy rested in my arms whilst we drilled two metal ladders across the two vent holes, leaving the vents out. So it’s like prison bars over the holes. Catch Kev. Ask him what he’s playing at. Put them away lol. Rudeness! Looking for metal vents now. They’re so expensive!
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Post by claire on Mar 6, 2018 2:56:22 GMT
I used some stuff my other half bought home from work but they can't be in or near the viv for an hr so while the fumes dissappear. Cal might know what it's called I can't think right now.
It's like superglue with a setting spray it dries like concrete and even ratty cannot budge my vents. Also mine are double sided so if he chews through one there's another to urine him off lol
Ooh actispray it might be called?? He's a window fitter so something he uses.
Ratty is chewing my vents though they are just aluminium house vents from b&q
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Post by zenaida on Mar 6, 2018 3:58:46 GMT
So wait, did Poppy hurt herself? That picture looks like a lot of blood to me.
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Post by misscatafer on Mar 6, 2018 6:53:49 GMT
Oh no! sounds like the chaos me and Rob experienced a few months back. At least they didn't get into anybody else's cages though, phew! How is Poppy now? I assume the other viv's vents have also been reinforced. I suppose the other issue with those vent holes now will be chewing of the wood now they are exposed, so a simple sheath of mesh will be no good. Have they done any more damage overnight? Glad there are no serious injuries.
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Post by randomname on Mar 6, 2018 7:41:52 GMT
omg! glad everyone is ok after all that. How's poppy now?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 8:54:15 GMT
That’s the thing! I thoroughly examined Poppy and Kev all over and I can’t see a single wound!!!!! Ears, noses, faces, tails and feet all look fine! Poppy is missing toes etc from introductions before, so her feet look a bit battered anyway but I couldn’t see anything. Maybe it was a nip that just dripped a bit? The blood spots are pretty faint so might just be from her like running over the wood and leaving an imprint rather than pouring everywhere. So I don’t know what the blood is from. They’re both acting fine in themselves this morning and I’ve re-examined them and I still can’t see any injury 😪 misscatafer they can’t get to the holes because the ladders block it so they can’t reach to chew luckily! We’ve ordered metal vents and they’ll be here by Thursday. Kev was so funny, we just walked in and he was like “hi guys no need to be alarmed I’m just chilling up here” Really odd though, Pinky and Perky were ignoring him despite him being on their cage! They used to go MAD at him. Hmmm. 🤔
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Post by misscatafer on Mar 6, 2018 9:38:53 GMT
Degu fur is so dense too I guess so sometimes it is hard to see injuries, I'm glad they are all OK today it probably was just a nip and Poppy quickly learnt to stay away from the gap. Ahh I see what you mean, I pictured the ladders to be criss crossed on the outside only for some reason. Yay that you found the metal vents! Do you need the spare cage back just in case there are anymore escapes/damage in the meantime as an emergency?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 10:05:47 GMT
Degu fur is so dense too I guess so sometimes it is hard to see injuries, I'm glad they are all OK today it probably was just a nip and Poppy quickly learnt to stay away from the gap. Ahh I see what you mean, I pictured the ladders to be criss crossed on the outside only for some reason. Yay that you found the metal vents! Do you need the spare cage back just in case there are anymore escapes/damage in the meantime as an emergency? No don’t worry! If anything else happened I can section off half of the aventura. But should be all good now! Proper goons. They do make me laugh when they escape though. Kev was just acting like “nothing to see here move along hooman”. I’ve ordered Pinky and Perkys Viv too yesterday! Alfie and Paddy seem to be totally ignoring each other. I’ve ordered lights from a website that takes a while to deliver but it was the best deal. They change colour and you can brighten and dim them too. Proper snug mood lighting 😍 The vivs are actually 124cm long rather than 120cm which is gonna make stacking them a tight squeeze lol. Can’t decide whether to do the one whole wall, or do it around a corner of two walls.. so it’d be like a corner feature. I wanna do whichever is less overwhelming lol!
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