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WiildSunflowers
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hey everyone! i'm new to the forum, and i may end up having a lot of questions, but this one in particular is the reason why i signed up lol.
in 2 days i'm bringing home two beautiful boys! i'm almost done setting up their cage, a Fiesty Ferret brand that's entirely wrapped in hardware cloth that's in ½ squares. no baby ratties will be escaping, and my beloved cat won't be getting in either!
i did, however, just catch my cat scaling the cage still, and i was pretty confident that the tiny squares would have made this a much harder task. while i know he can't actually get to them, i'm petrified of him scaring the poor boys half to death. i have the cage set up in my bedroom, and i really don't want to have to lock my cat out 24/7 as he sleeps with me and my dog every night, as well as it being a generally high-traffic area for my pets.
do you guys have any suggestions for how to keep my cat off the cage? i'd never dare to hit him, but taking him off and placing him on the floor with a stern "no" doesn't work in the same way it would my dog LOL. i'm also not sure misting him with water is actually a thing you're supposed to DO with cats, and i don't want to distress him.
i've considered getting some sort of shelving to put on the opposite wall, if he's truly just trying to climb on top of it because it's now the tallest object in my bedroom. do you think this would work, or will his focus be drawn to the rats once they're actually inside and running around?
thanks in advance!
in 2 days i'm bringing home two beautiful boys! i'm almost done setting up their cage, a Fiesty Ferret brand that's entirely wrapped in hardware cloth that's in ½ squares. no baby ratties will be escaping, and my beloved cat won't be getting in either!
i did, however, just catch my cat scaling the cage still, and i was pretty confident that the tiny squares would have made this a much harder task. while i know he can't actually get to them, i'm petrified of him scaring the poor boys half to death. i have the cage set up in my bedroom, and i really don't want to have to lock my cat out 24/7 as he sleeps with me and my dog every night, as well as it being a generally high-traffic area for my pets.
do you guys have any suggestions for how to keep my cat off the cage? i'd never dare to hit him, but taking him off and placing him on the floor with a stern "no" doesn't work in the same way it would my dog LOL. i'm also not sure misting him with water is actually a thing you're supposed to DO with cats, and i don't want to distress him.
i've considered getting some sort of shelving to put on the opposite wall, if he's truly just trying to climb on top of it because it's now the tallest object in my bedroom. do you think this would work, or will his focus be drawn to the rats once they're actually inside and running around?
thanks in advance!