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Hi guys,
I am loving my DCN and also LOVe the covered litterboxes that were recommended to me here on the forum. That said, my girls have developed an odd and gross habit that I wanted to ask about and find out if other peoples' rats do this too.
Apparently, my girls are pulling bedding out of the covered litterboxes and leaving it around the base of them or scattering in the area close to the box. The bedding in question is a yesterdays news type product (so not soft or appealing, just pellets). I have seen them remove the pee rocks from the boxes but have not seen them take the bedding out personally, just seen the results. In this case, the mess couldn't be caused by them jumping on the box and would have to be caused deliberately.
Has anyone else ever had this happen and do you have any clues as to the motivation? Removing the pee rocks from the box is also a new behavior and again, I'm just not sure why they're doing it or how to prevent it.
I guess I've just got bizarre ratties with weird habbits lol.
I am loving my DCN and also LOVe the covered litterboxes that were recommended to me here on the forum. That said, my girls have developed an odd and gross habit that I wanted to ask about and find out if other peoples' rats do this too.
Apparently, my girls are pulling bedding out of the covered litterboxes and leaving it around the base of them or scattering in the area close to the box. The bedding in question is a yesterdays news type product (so not soft or appealing, just pellets). I have seen them remove the pee rocks from the boxes but have not seen them take the bedding out personally, just seen the results. In this case, the mess couldn't be caused by them jumping on the box and would have to be caused deliberately.
Has anyone else ever had this happen and do you have any clues as to the motivation? Removing the pee rocks from the box is also a new behavior and again, I'm just not sure why they're doing it or how to prevent it.
I guess I've just got bizarre ratties with weird habbits lol.