Alexah
Well-Known Member
One of my two american chinchilla does, Lennox, has been driving me crazy lately. She's been kicking the litter out of her litter pan...constantly. I'm not entirely sure whether she's digging or kicking, but either way, it's making for a huge mess - and not just once a day. It's pretty much all the time. I refill the litter and out it comes. Any ideas why she's doing this or what I can do to help stop this manic behavior?
I've tried using a different litter thinking that maybe she didn't like the one I had been using, but no deal. I've also tried putting hay in and taking hay out - no change. I wouldn't mind so much if it was only once or twice a day...but it's all the freaking time! And my asthma is acting up because she's kicking so much dust around. I should also say that this is a new behavior that started maybe about two weeks ago. And I clean their litter every other day. I've tried changing it each day, but that didn't help either.
If it matters, the litter box is a covered one because she and Silvie liked it best out of all of them. Please help because it's making me nutty! There's got to be a way to get her to knock it off. I mean, I love her, but she's not on my good side at the moment because I'm tired of hourly dates with the vaccuum cleaner, broom, and dust pan.
I've tried using a different litter thinking that maybe she didn't like the one I had been using, but no deal. I've also tried putting hay in and taking hay out - no change. I wouldn't mind so much if it was only once or twice a day...but it's all the freaking time! And my asthma is acting up because she's kicking so much dust around. I should also say that this is a new behavior that started maybe about two weeks ago. And I clean their litter every other day. I've tried changing it each day, but that didn't help either.
If it matters, the litter box is a covered one because she and Silvie liked it best out of all of them. Please help because it's making me nutty! There's got to be a way to get her to knock it off. I mean, I love her, but she's not on my good side at the moment because I'm tired of hourly dates with the vaccuum cleaner, broom, and dust pan.