rabb1tmad
Well-Known Member
Help, please help. Starsky is driving me insane at the moment. He is constantly digging at the bottom of the cage. He is obsessive about it.
I put wood shavings and straw at the bottom of their cage normally and it's never been a problem before. The bottom of the cage is quite slippery so I couldn't get away with putting nothing down. Anyway, for the last two weeks Starsky has started to re-arrange the cage. He will dig and dig and shift all the shavings and straw out of the way. Then, if there are any stray bits of straw or hay lying around he will pick them up with his teeth and throw it out of the way. Then he will just dig continously at the bottom of the cage. I have tried everything - he has a phone book to destroy a scratch pad and he has plenty of exercise. So why he is suddenly doing this now? I will try and get a video of him when the camera batteries are charged. He doesn't look like he is enjoying what he is doing he looks like he is in a fit of rage! I have tried digging boxes in the past but he doesn't dig in a digging box!
I put wood shavings and straw at the bottom of their cage normally and it's never been a problem before. The bottom of the cage is quite slippery so I couldn't get away with putting nothing down. Anyway, for the last two weeks Starsky has started to re-arrange the cage. He will dig and dig and shift all the shavings and straw out of the way. Then, if there are any stray bits of straw or hay lying around he will pick them up with his teeth and throw it out of the way. Then he will just dig continously at the bottom of the cage. I have tried everything - he has a phone book to destroy a scratch pad and he has plenty of exercise. So why he is suddenly doing this now? I will try and get a video of him when the camera batteries are charged. He doesn't look like he is enjoying what he is doing he looks like he is in a fit of rage! I have tried digging boxes in the past but he doesn't dig in a digging box!