Sick of the mess

[jamesp]

we have had our 3 degu females for over a year and we feel like we were seriously mis sold the level of mess we should expect. we are hoovering and sweeping up daily and they still take over the room they are in with scattered food, shavings and crap (scuse my French).

we have an opportunity to rethink their accommodation and so I was wondering what advice there was for keeping them safely with zero mess?

[misscatafer]

Hello, welcome to the forum! Don't worry, all degu owners go through this frustration, they are very messy creatures aren't they. Here is how I solved the problem, works brilliantly still. Obviously you get a bit of fall out when the doors are opened and you are topping up the hay, but it is nothing compared to what was ending up on the floor! See what you think and good luck: deguworld.proboards.com/thread/21996/project-perspex

[bouncy]

You can also go for a self-build that has adequate ventilation, but perspex or glass for the doors.

[moletteuk]

Welcome to the forum

You can also use softwood to make upstands around all your shelves.

Have you seen our cage size recommendations? It's worth looking at that before you decide what you would like to do. deguworld.proboards.com/thread/9396/forums-cage-size-recommendations Basically you need 3 lots of 100x50cm or equivalent for 2 or 3 degus.

There are lots of ideas for cages in general in the show us your cage thread, it's best if you work backwards through that deguworld.proboards.com/thread/6918/show-cage?page=38

What do you have currently?