smudgiebun
Alpha Buck
Forgive me if this isn't quite the right area, I wasn't too sure.
I am wondering if my boyfriend and I are doing the "right" thing regarding hay and litter trays. When I say "right" I just mean sensible, I know there are no rules :lol:
I'll quickly describe their living situation so you get a picture: They currently free range in a decent sized bedroom, and they still have their old "cage" which is two of the largest ferplast cages joined together. They aren't confined to this cage anymore so they just use it for relaxing and eating/pooping.
So one half of this makeshift cage is MOSTLY filled with bedding and hay (I'd say 2/3 of it), and they also have hay racks for extra hay that they like to pull at. They get fresh hay around 3 times a day, which just gets added on top of whatever is currently there. The whole thing is then completely cleaned out every couple days or so.
The problem we are finding is that on cleaning days the amount of hay is sooooo huge it is taking such a long time to do!
So what I wanted to ask was:
1) is this normal to have such a flippin massive mound of hay to clean out? :lol: I suspect even if we went to cleaning every day there would still be loads
2) are we potentially giving them waaaaaaay more hay than they can actually eat?? (is this possible?) The only problem here is that they get "bored" of whatever's left and beg for new stuff :roll:
I am wondering if my boyfriend and I are doing the "right" thing regarding hay and litter trays. When I say "right" I just mean sensible, I know there are no rules :lol:
I'll quickly describe their living situation so you get a picture: They currently free range in a decent sized bedroom, and they still have their old "cage" which is two of the largest ferplast cages joined together. They aren't confined to this cage anymore so they just use it for relaxing and eating/pooping.
So one half of this makeshift cage is MOSTLY filled with bedding and hay (I'd say 2/3 of it), and they also have hay racks for extra hay that they like to pull at. They get fresh hay around 3 times a day, which just gets added on top of whatever is currently there. The whole thing is then completely cleaned out every couple days or so.
The problem we are finding is that on cleaning days the amount of hay is sooooo huge it is taking such a long time to do!
So what I wanted to ask was:
1) is this normal to have such a flippin massive mound of hay to clean out? :lol: I suspect even if we went to cleaning every day there would still be loads
2) are we potentially giving them waaaaaaay more hay than they can actually eat?? (is this possible?) The only problem here is that they get "bored" of whatever's left and beg for new stuff :roll:
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