Okay, my rats keep on pushing bedding through the bars and it normally sticks all over the bars and stuff, most of it falls out of the cage, but ive just cleaned them and they are straight at it... so its not dirty...
They do it with all of their bedding... but I use 2 types, this cushiony type of white bedding and this blue shredded dish cloth material type of bedding...
Also when they do it... the bedding rides up part of the cage and its always in the same bit.. so could it be a draft or they dont like the bedding or anything else?
2007-09-26 18:32:27 · 10 answers · asked by Johnny 2 in Pets ➔ Rodents
My rats do the same thing! Don't worry, its normal rat behaviour. They probably like to burrow around in it and make themselves a nest. This might be a smelly solution but it will probably work. Instead of putting the bedding in their cage you can put newspaper on the bottom. The only downside to this is you will want to change the paper everyday since it will get smelly really fast. On the bright side the surrounding of your cage will stay clean.
What I did for my rats when I upgraded their cage to a bigger one was to get a BIG guinny pig cage which had a very deep pan in the bottom. Now no matter how much my rats dig and push around their bedding it rarely gets by the high sides on the bottom of the cage :).
2007-09-27 06:55:48 · answer #1 · answered by Lambkins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
i have 13 rats and i used this wood chip bedding i bought at walmart and they still kick it out of the cage but that is there way of making there beds and themselves comfortable. the most i can say is let them make a mess and every friday clean it up
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2007-09-26 19:44:21 · answer #2 · answered by BEAUTiFUL CAiTLYN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rats love to play and odds are they are having a blast unknowingly annoying you. If they are attempting to make a little cozy spot for themselves, I suggest buying a little nesting box for them. I put a chinchilla wood box in my own rat cage and they bring the bedding in there rather than toss it around.
2007-09-27 18:43:46 · answer #3 · answered by Yelliez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several of our rats have done this, too & it *looks* like they're playing (I've watched them do it enough times). They seem to do it less often when they have new toys, so we stock up on playthings & just give each cage a few @ a time so they don't get bored.
When we first met our hooded girl, she actually got our attention by playing with her bedding-- she started piling it up in her glass enclosure directly in front of us.
2007-09-26 19:07:50 · answer #4 · answered by Catkin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just means she putting the bedding how she wants it. Making it nice and cozy. My female hamster does this all the time if I move it! Just make sure that you keep the male from the female lol unless you want rat babbies! Hope this helped!
2016-05-19 21:54:13 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe coz they're making a cozy nest, but I had a rat that threw things outa the bars when she didn't like it.
2007-09-26 19:29:33 · answer #6 · answered by deltadawn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're probably making a nest for themselves. My two rats used to push bedding out when they buried themselves to sleep.
2007-09-26 18:35:56 · answer #7 · answered by mathaowny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its probably them doing it for entertainment
my boy rat just started doing that
2016-04-26 05:46:36 · answer #8 · answered by Nicholas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont worry they love there bedding they do that alot for some reason i think its because there making themselves cozy in that spot
2007-09-26 19:02:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're just rearranging their house to how they like it.
2007-09-28 20:32:40 · answer #10 · answered by dodge 789 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋