Bedroom alone or Living room with the birds?

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Crys12065

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Right now Delilah is in my bedroom because I have the birds in the livingroom and my bedroom is quieter. But that means she is alone all day and night until about 9pm when the birds go to bed and I retreat to my room. I do pop and say hi to her every so often but I am thinking she has to be bored and lonely in there.

But my living room is no where near chin proofed and would be impossible to do so. so I was thinking maybe dragging (no wheels) her cage into the living room before work in the morning and dragging it back into the bedroom for playtime/bed time. that way she would always have company of some sort.
But the birds can be pretty loud so not sure if it would stress her out to be in the same room as them.

Any thoughts, suggestions?
 
why not try having her cage in the living room on a day when you'll be home, to see how she reacts to the noise and 'bustle' that birds can cause?

would be easy to make a wheeled dolly for her cage, to make it much easier to move her around - a small sheet of plywood and some decent casters. since it is outside the cage, she wouldn't be able to get at the plywood to chew it, and when she is having playtime in the bedroom, you could just take the cage off the dolly and store the dolly in the closet or just pop it outside the room during that time. the base i made for Rhino's cage has a plywood bottom, but he can't get to it from inside his cage, and he ignores it (any accessible plywood edges) while out for playtime.
 
My girl is in my room alone all day. She seems fine. I rotate toys and talk or play with her daily. She spends most of her day eating and napping. I've watched her on the weekends. :D
 
My chins are in the basement, so they are not always around myself or my husband and they do just fine :) I take time each day to sit by their cage and talk to them/play with them, and I also give them playtime in their playpen. I think you'd risk stressing her out by changing her environment constantly, especially with the birds. Maybe you could add an extra half hour in the beginning or the middle of the day to spend with her, in addition to the time you spend with her at night?
 
thanks for the feedback guys. I was worried about stressing her out. It is just hard to get in the bedroom at night before 9 because I get home at 6, then need to let the birds out, get their dinner, get my dinner, let them have free time out of their cages etc. She seems happy enough, right now she is running around my bedroom jumping on the bed with me and hiding under the sheets, lol

I will leave things as they are for now and try to pop in more for brief periods in the evenings.
 
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