Magyk
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So, I've been planning to upsize Magyk's cage for quite a while now and I finally got one! I have a friend who was getting out of chinchillas and GAVE me this awesome cage! Big thank you to her for sure, it's beautiful!
I'm going to have some clean up work to do (It's a little dusty and such, nothing some TLC won't fix) and I've got some stuff to work on before it's Magyk ready, I just wanted to know how the plan sounds.
It is 32" long by 22" wide and 4 foot tall (Not including the storage underneath, that is only living space)
First thing I plan on doing is buying enough wood so she doesn't have to be on mesh, as well as buying some more for shelves to be built. I plan on having two main floors so it will not be possible for her to fall from top to bottom, so the bottom and then in the middle will be another floor with a small hole under another shelf so it's not possible for her to, in any way, hit bottom.
Now, I was wondering for bedding, I've been using newspaper (Mostly shredded, which involves a lot of cleaning as well) since nothing else seems to work. Luckily, she rips up the newspaper but does not ingest it so I haven't been too concerned about problems from that. I've tried shavings and it gets EVERYWHERE and I was planning on getting her some fleece but my worry is, Magyk is a big time chewer. Give her something, she'll destroy it. So what are the odds she would just destroy any fleece covers I give her?
That ladder will also be moved, so no worries there. I was just wondering that if I put it sideways so it was along the cage parallel and not high, would it be safe for her to play on or should I remove it entirely?
I was also going to buy some PVC pipes tomorrow so I can attach it to the sides of her cage, it seems like something she would love. HOWEVER, I would have to be making fleece covers here as well. My worry is, if she chews through the cover and gets to the PVC, will chewing it hurt her?
I'm sure I'll think of more things to ask later. I have so many plans (Bridges, homemade hanging toys, hammocks (Which, hopefully, she won't chew), beds, handmade wooden houses) so I'm sure I'll be updating this thread as I go. I really wanna spoil my girl silly since she did have a bit of a rough start, hopefully have a huge cage like this will help
I'm going to have some clean up work to do (It's a little dusty and such, nothing some TLC won't fix) and I've got some stuff to work on before it's Magyk ready, I just wanted to know how the plan sounds.
It is 32" long by 22" wide and 4 foot tall (Not including the storage underneath, that is only living space)
First thing I plan on doing is buying enough wood so she doesn't have to be on mesh, as well as buying some more for shelves to be built. I plan on having two main floors so it will not be possible for her to fall from top to bottom, so the bottom and then in the middle will be another floor with a small hole under another shelf so it's not possible for her to, in any way, hit bottom.
Now, I was wondering for bedding, I've been using newspaper (Mostly shredded, which involves a lot of cleaning as well) since nothing else seems to work. Luckily, she rips up the newspaper but does not ingest it so I haven't been too concerned about problems from that. I've tried shavings and it gets EVERYWHERE and I was planning on getting her some fleece but my worry is, Magyk is a big time chewer. Give her something, she'll destroy it. So what are the odds she would just destroy any fleece covers I give her?
That ladder will also be moved, so no worries there. I was just wondering that if I put it sideways so it was along the cage parallel and not high, would it be safe for her to play on or should I remove it entirely?
I was also going to buy some PVC pipes tomorrow so I can attach it to the sides of her cage, it seems like something she would love. HOWEVER, I would have to be making fleece covers here as well. My worry is, if she chews through the cover and gets to the PVC, will chewing it hurt her?
I'm sure I'll think of more things to ask later. I have so many plans (Bridges, homemade hanging toys, hammocks (Which, hopefully, she won't chew), beds, handmade wooden houses) so I'm sure I'll be updating this thread as I go. I really wanna spoil my girl silly since she did have a bit of a rough start, hopefully have a huge cage like this will help
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