Caging has been going beautifully at night time. We have a nice little routinue – at 10:30 they each get a grape, then I fill their pellet bowls ( They wait at the edge of the door, cause they both know that PELLETS are coming) Walk back into the room and say “Bed Time” and they both hop into the cage. I set the pellets down, refresh the hay, get fresh water, say good night then cover their cage.
99.9% of the time, I don’t hear a compaint ( except Coco Snores) until between 7 and 7:30.
Not last night – the thumping started at 4.
THUMP, Pause, Pause, Pause, THUMP, Pause,Pause, Pause, THUMP. Like clockwork.
I dragged my sorry self out of bed, Looked in the cage, gave rubs, fluffed hay…tried to go back to sleep. Nope, not having it.
At a little after 5, I just uncaged them becasue It wasn’t worth the commotion. There were no poop wars this morning, so I figure either Something spooked them OR Coco has had it with the night time caging and decided to announce it at 4 a.m.
I just realized this morning that the poop wars have nearly stopped. Sure, a few in front of the litter box, but No big deal, and No Pee. I was starting to feel like it was an neverending mountain of poo. It was shocking to realize that I wasn’t cleaning pee and Poop galore every morning!