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Amethyst_ice · 09-14-2020, 02:47 PM

Think of it like this...

You go to a hotel. It has familiar things in but doesn't feel like home. You spend a few days there, put some things in places and go to sleep. When you wake up, the maid has been in and moved everything around. You keep putting things in places but the maid keeps moving them.. you start feeling frustrated.

The spot cleaning is a little like this. She is putting her scent everywhere, which she would do in the wild to mark her territory and then you are cleaning it all away and so she marks even more in the hope it will stay.. it can actually make them smell even more. Theres no harm in leaving a cage for 4 weeks, if you have good substrate and at a good depth it will soak up odors and wouldnt do any harm.

Let us know how you get on

09-14-2020, 02:47 PM
Amethyst_ice Moderator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Birmingham Posts: 8,030	Re: Syrian suddenly more aggressive, and I may have lost her trust? Think of it like this... You go to a hotel. It has familiar things in but doesn't feel like home. You spend a few days there, put some things in places and go to sleep. When you wake up, the maid has been in and moved everything around. You keep putting things in places but the maid keeps moving them.. you start feeling frustrated. The spot cleaning is a little like this. She is putting her scent everywhere, which she would do in the wild to mark her territory and then you are cleaning it all away and so she marks even more in the hope it will stay.. it can actually make them smell even more. Theres no harm in leaving a cage for 4 weeks, if you have good substrate and at a good depth it will soak up odors and wouldnt do any harm. Let us know how you get on __________________ Feel free to ask me about rat advice too