Well here I am, having been up three times during the night and previous nights trying to get Fred, my new robo to stop chewing his cage! For those of you who may not have read his story, Fred recently came to me from Gumtree. He is just over two years old but has the energy of Usaine Bolt! So picture the scene.....He was moved from a ferplast duna with a stuck wheel and no stimulation. He is now in a Gabber Rex with a decent wheel, a shelf, ramps, a Crittertrail tube with bespoke egg box! But he`s obsesses with chewing the gaps where the cage clips would normally be. My Gabber Rex never had clips so I never bothered looking for any as the cage is stable without them. So the holes where the clips would normally be are just a couple of little square holes.
I got up, placed a toilet roll tube in front of one hole and put a ceramic dish in front of the tube to stop Fred managing to move it. I put the light out and minutes later, I hear him at the OTHER end doing the same thing!
So up I get again, I move the Trixie ladder away from the side of the cage so he can`t get to it. This works. But I fear he`s on a mission now to find anything plastic he can get his tiny teeth into.
If anyone has any idea of how I can block the cage clip holes up, I`m all ears. Although I think my best bet would be just to use something flat to cover the clip gaps and selotape it in place. But then knowing Fred, he would soon suss out that the tape was good for having a go at and I don`t want him becoming obsessed with that as well.
So he`s gone from a cute little `feel sorry for me` little guy, to a full on cage destroyer in a matter of days!
It does bother me much having to get up if I have to, but it would be nice of he would concentrate on playing on his wheel and letting me get some kip!