Does anyone have suggestions as to how to keep the hay and mess inside the cage? I am CONSTANTLY cleaning up around the outside of the cage.
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I never found a solution. Ended up using an extra-long large Rubbermaid storage tub. It's easy to clean and contains the mess. Too bad, because this little house was so cute.
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I put puppy pee pads under the cage that extend about 6 inches past all edges of the cage. Hope that helps!
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I have this cage and I purchased a corner scatter-proof litter box. I only put the hay inside of the litter box . Before I did this she would pee outside of the cage and the hay would be everywhere! Now I clean her cage out every other week and her litter box is cleaned every-other day. The bulk hay that makes it out of the litter box is pushed into the tray at the bottom of the cage.
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get a plastic cat litter box and cut it in fours and put them on the corners of the kennel.
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Hay should be kept in their litter box. Bunnies poop and eat out of their litter boxes.
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To clean the cage I remove all of the plastic levels and the wire top and scrub the levels and the base. It takes a little bit of time and the levels are a little difficult to remove. I found that when you pop one side off then drop it down the other side is much easier to remove. I hope that this has helped you.
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We use a yard of fleece on top, a bath towel under the fleece, and the bottom layer is newspaper. The towel prevents the newspaper from sticking to the fleece and also absorbs waste along with the newspapers. It seems using either fleece, or shavings/bedding material, is a personal choice - whatever works for someone works best for them. We started using fleece with this cage - it's cheaper and very easy to clean. We have two yards of fleece so one can be washing while the fresh one goes into the cage.
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I put a small amount of food inside the trap just to get them inside but none on the outside. I've wasted food in the past as the animal (feral cats in my case) were frightened and didn't touch the food after the trap door slammed behind them. I cover the entire outside of the cage. Hope this info helps.
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I quite disagree...there are lots of FP users using the breeze set up...just do a google of "feline pine, Breeze" I continue to use the pads and every day or two I scoop for poops, then stir up the pellets a bit so all the sawdust goes down into the tray...then I dump the sawdust (making sure I hold on to an edge of the pad so it doesn't go in the trash if it doesn't need to. if you wait too long to sift out the sawdust, yes, it will get stinky and the tray will be hard to pull out without making a mess. Even so, I keep the system on large rubbermaid tub lid to catch things if they scatter when I pull the tray out to empty the contents. I'm still trying to figure out a set up that would allow the sawdust to be able to "sift out" on it's own without having to rake through the pellets. That and a deeper tray would allow me to be gone for a number of days without having someone come in and deal with the box.
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What kind of pet do you have? If you have a sugar glider, they can get to this from anywhere in the cage but I personally have my down lower because they tend to have a lot of poo coming out right under their wheel...being lower in the cage keeps the rest of the cage cleaner.
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So far I haven't really cleaned it. Dust does accumulate in the bottom area below the main seed chamber and it looks like it would be a pain to try to disassemble for actual cleaning. So that's a downside. On the upside, it has been squirrel proof, unlike other feeders I have used. A similar suet feeder has also proved squirrel proof as well.
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Buy a cheap aluminum baking sheet for the bottom to provide a way to keep the cage clean. You can easily lift that part of the cage to remove, clean and re insert the tray!.
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Hi Jim that kennel is awful. It came out of the box tangled and it would not even consider refunding money, even after sending several pictures of the mess. Buyer beware thanks
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We bought a plastic high corner littler pan and the bunny does a great job...most of the time....going in it. The plastic clips on the pan fit nicely on the plastic bottom of the cage. We use a piece of yarn just to secure it a bit better because our bunny like to lift it out of the corner and dig under it. We actually didn't wind up using the stairs or the second level. At first, we just used one side of the second level so that the litter pan would fit. But our bunny would hide under it too much and not be as social, so we took it away. LOVE that this is on wheels by the way! And it's very big and roomy. Bunny is very happy in it. She is able to hop in and out of the cage easily by herself. We bought a plastic high corner littler pan and the bunny does a great job...most of the time....going in it. The plastic clips on the pan fit nicely on the plastic bottom of the cage. We use a piece of yarn just to secure it a bit better because our bunny like to lift it out of the corner and dig under it. We actually didn't wind up using the stairs or the second level. At first, we just used one side of the second level so that the litter pan would fit. But our bunny would hide under it too much and not be as social, so we took it away. LOVE that this is on wheels by the way! And it's... » Read More We bought a plastic high corner littler pan and the bunny does a great job...most of the time....going in it. The plastic clips on the pan fit nicely on the plastic bottom of the cage. We use a piece of yarn just to secure it a bit better because our bunny like to lift it out of the corner and dig under it. We actually didn't wind up using the stairs or the second level. At first, we just used one side of the second level so that the litter pan would fit. But our bunny would hide under it too much and not be as social, so we took it away. LOVE that this is on wheels by the way! And it's very big and roomy. Bunny is very happy in it. She is able to hop in and out of the cage easily by herself. « Show Less
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The hay goes in the upright portion of the bin and is held in place by metal bars until pets pull it out. It does not keep hay from getting on the floor while they are pulling out hay to eat. I have hay on the floor all the time, from them pulling it out. But at least the hay they are eating is clean.
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Bedding could be an issue- I keep my litter pan inside of the cage and bedding gets kicked out all the time. The floor of the cage is wire unless you put the black bottom (litter pan) inside. Don't know if that helps.
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Throw rug with skid pad underneath bigger than the cage would work. Maybe put something waterproof under that so it doesn't seep into the rug (if the dog has accidents) such as a plastic floor protector or some clear garbage bags under the mat to protect the carpet underneath.
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You simply pull out the little drawer that is below the grate inside & dump it. I always washed mine out, as well, but that is a personal preference. The cage comes apart easily for weekly, biweekly or monthly full cleaning. For whatever reason, the rabbits seem to know to do their "business" down that grate, which is awesome, since it goes down into that little pull out drawer for easy cleaning.
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I use dry dog food, crackers, bread, horse grain, it all seems to work. I just sprinkle it in the middle of the trap.
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You must have bedding to absorb urine, and keep their little bottoms warm. I suggest fleece. I have 3 guineas and 2 cages connected end to end by a ramp. These are wonderful cages! I've owned the first cage 2 years and it holds up great
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Did you put dish soap in there? I also find that running it daily for at least an hour or two keeps them moving in a separated manner. When its off they tend to be near each other, but when on after a short period they start moving more freely.