Serious Pest Behavior

[Tillygizmo]

I leave a nightlight on as well and it really helps. My bedroom is the coolest place also but if I crack the window in the room next to where they are now and put a fan in the doorway it keeps it cool enough in there. I only need that during the fall and spring. Obviously I use AC in summer but also no heat in winter. For winter we use a space heater in our bedroom so they stay cool enough. I know other people have this problem as well. Is there a window near the living room that could keep it cooler with a fan? (far enough as to not have a draft) ...I guess this will only work if you have cool weather though :hmm:

 

[sheena lee]

have you tried wiring a coffee cup to the side of the cage? that might work as a 'hay box' until you can get a fleece hay bag.

It's funny that you say that, cause it's exactly what I did! Works like a charm!

And yes I feed mainly loose timonthy hay and leave some cubes in the cage, but she (yeah, it's a she now) doesn't care for them at all. I read that unlimited alfalfa and Timothy is good until age 1, and then alfalfa should be given as. Treat only.

 

[sheena lee]

I leave a nightlight on as well and it really helps. My bedroom is the coolest place also but if I crack the window in the room next to where they are now and put a fan in the doorway it keeps it cool enough in there. I only need that during the fall and spring. Obviously I use AC in summer but also no heat in winter. For winter we use a space heater in our bedroom so they stay cool enough. I know other people have this problem as well. Is there a window near the living room that could keep it cooler with a fan? (far enough as to not have a draft) ...I guess this will only work if you have cool weather though :hmm:

We actually keep the house pretty cool in the winter, but for example today it was -30 Celsius in Montreal. There's NO WAY we can keep the heat off in the living room, the apartment would just get too cold. On days like this I turn the heat on in the bedroom for short bursts (or the tv on for the day), just to keep it at a stable temperature so that we don't freeze, and neither does the chin.

The other issue is that my MIL smokes. I don't want to expose Chia to it... Our room is relatively smoke free since we keep the door closed, but the rest of the apartment isnt smoke free at all.