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Post by deguden on Nov 7, 2020 16:51:41 GMT
Hi guys, Emily has been having a bit of a disagreement with the hay rack lately. She keeps on shaking the rack with her teeth which causes all the hay to fall out. Any suggestions?
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Post by savvy on Nov 7, 2020 17:05:50 GMT
It sounds like she doesn't want the hay rack. Degus can have very strong opinions of what they want and where they want it when it comes to their cages. Maybe she wants the hay as bedding, try removing the rack and placing the hay in a pile and see what she does.
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Post by moletteuk on Nov 7, 2020 17:25:34 GMT
I think most degus hate hay racks. You can use a bowl if you want to keep it a little bit separate from the substrate.
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Post by winic1 on Nov 7, 2020 20:43:50 GMT
After many attempts at containing the hay, we gave in and would just put a big pile of it in one corner. Resistance is futile. Give in to the inevitable.
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 7, 2020 20:55:46 GMT
Our degus ALWAYS went after the hay rack!! They would range from chewing the bars of it, to pulling back and making it hit the sides of the cage, to climbing up and trying to chew it free of the cage from the hooks, to hanging onto the bars beside the rack - grabbing the rack with teeth and lifting forcefully - unhooking the rack on one side - run to other side to repeat and FORCEFULLY throw it to the floor. Depending on the different degu assaulting it at any given time. ROFL
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Post by deguden on Nov 7, 2020 22:17:43 GMT
Thanks for the advice, seems like I'm going to have to take it out and try and separate the hay form the bedding. The Degus protests have finally won! Can anyone recommend a way to separate a corner of the cage in order to dedicate it to hay?
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 7, 2020 22:30:05 GMT
Hmmm . . . maybe you could stuff a shoe box with hay?
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Post by bouncy on Nov 7, 2020 23:00:25 GMT
I once put hay into a mesh dish. Spidey spent his evenings dragging it from one side of the cage to the other. I gave up, and have just chucked it a small pile ever since.
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Post by savvy on Nov 8, 2020 0:35:18 GMT
I tend to put Dixie's hay wherever he wants to sleep that week, he likes to eat himself comfy.
Reggie's hay goes in a pile on her day bed, she sleeps in her hut at night.
Wherever you put it, it will be wrong, degus are bossy like that.
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Post by deguden on Nov 8, 2020 8:21:18 GMT
Hmmm . . . maybe you could stuff a shoe box with hay? I've tried this in the before, but it soon becomes the goo's ultimate mission to destroy it in any way possible.  |
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Post by winic1 on Nov 8, 2020 15:12:25 GMT
Well, at least they've got something to do...
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 9, 2020 0:43:27 GMT
Totally expected that they will do that! It adds to their enjoyment!
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Post by sonataarctica89 on Nov 9, 2020 9:40:12 GMT
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 9, 2020 21:48:25 GMT
I had one of those . . . my boys completely dismantled it, piece by piece. LOL! Makes me wonder if the hay was crying and pleading for release . . . .
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