Emergency? should I be alarmed?

[Gimleyand Meeko]

My detolf cage has two homemade lids. A section of the wire mesh has come loose and im not sure if a staple fell into Meeko's bedding.
I searched for the staple and couldn't find it in the bedding. I then checked the lid and there is no sign of a stable but no signes of holes apart from the holes that the wire mesh made.

And I cant clean the cage out as I need to get some more bedding.

What should I do?

[BrainGirl]

Got a magnet? A nice strong one if possible. Just swish it slowly through the bedding and you should find it

[Rempanda]

Take him out and then put the bedding through a sieve. If it's in there then it will get trapped in sieve no problem

[Gimleyand Meeko]

ok thank you

[Gimleyand Meeko]

I used a staple gun to attach the wire mesh to the lid though so I don't know if the staple would of come out of the lid. I did lean on the lid though but I tried leaning on it again and no staples went out

[Gimleyand Meeko]

I just moved one of Meeko's house that has a base to the part of the cage that I think (if the staple fell from) is.

[Rempanda]

If you are worried it's there, keep an eye out that he doesn't burrow under the house until you have the chance to do a proper clean out to make sure it isn't there. If he doesn't that prob works as a temp solution until you get more bedding

[Gimleyand Meeko]

Yeah I am not sure what to do as I am leaving the house there and Meeko doesn't really like to burrow. However I had to move Meeko's water to place the house there. So I am not really sure if there is a staple in the detolf cage that Meeko is in.

[Gimleyand Meeko]

I just had a look in the substrate of the detolf cage for Meeko where I think the staple fell and I cant find it.
However I don't know if there is a staple or not in the substrate of the detolf cage for Meeko

[Thin Lizzy]

If you're still unsure, you might have to take out the bedding and go through it section by section.
Have you got a magnifying glass?