Post by Aardman on Jan 18, 2016 2:35:12 GMT -5
Before I start, no, we still haven't named our quaker. Kazoo is looking pretty likely, though, right now.
Maybe this is totally normal, but it's got us shaking our heads.
About a month ago my wife made a snuggle hut for our quaker out of pink felt. Pretty much a triangular tube suspended from the top of her cage with velcro. A piece of plastic cut from a one gallon milk carton was sewn in one side and works well as the base.
At first she ignored it which didn't surprise us, but after about a week she thought it was pretty cool and started sleeping in it at night. Not surprisingly she pooped all over the inside. After a few days of this we took it out and cleaned it while she was out of the cage and otherwise engaged. To our surprise she ignored it again for a couple of days before starting to sleep in it.
It gets a little chilly here late in the evenings (my wife likes to turn the thermostat down when she sleeps) so I was happy she found a spot to stay warm at night.
And, she somewhat addressed the scattered poop in the snuggle hut by starting to always sleep in the same orientation - facing the same way. Most of the hut stayed relatively clean while a small hill of poo started to grow in the back, somewhat out of her way. Still, you gotta clean it after a while.
The last time I cleaned the hut was two weeks ago and she has not slept in it or even gone in it at all since then. I know this because it's still completely clean inside. She'll sleep next to it on her perch, but won't go inside where it's got to be much warmer.
It's weird. I wasn't expecting such a reaction from just cleaning it.
Maybe this is totally normal, but it's got us shaking our heads.
About a month ago my wife made a snuggle hut for our quaker out of pink felt. Pretty much a triangular tube suspended from the top of her cage with velcro. A piece of plastic cut from a one gallon milk carton was sewn in one side and works well as the base.
At first she ignored it which didn't surprise us, but after about a week she thought it was pretty cool and started sleeping in it at night. Not surprisingly she pooped all over the inside. After a few days of this we took it out and cleaned it while she was out of the cage and otherwise engaged. To our surprise she ignored it again for a couple of days before starting to sleep in it.
It gets a little chilly here late in the evenings (my wife likes to turn the thermostat down when she sleeps) so I was happy she found a spot to stay warm at night.
And, she somewhat addressed the scattered poop in the snuggle hut by starting to always sleep in the same orientation - facing the same way. Most of the hut stayed relatively clean while a small hill of poo started to grow in the back, somewhat out of her way. Still, you gotta clean it after a while.
The last time I cleaned the hut was two weeks ago and she has not slept in it or even gone in it at all since then. I know this because it's still completely clean inside. She'll sleep next to it on her perch, but won't go inside where it's got to be much warmer.
It's weird. I wasn't expecting such a reaction from just cleaning it.
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Other than that, he had no use for it. 
Thanks Shah!