fireworks
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Right now, my rats are in my room, which has lots of natural sunlight coming in through the windows. They always have night and day. (But it never gets too hot or too cold!) I can't let them run around the whole room because there's way too much stuff for them to get in and under, so they have a Martin's Playpen. The problem with that is, they like having access to their cage while playing instead of being completely separate. SO I built a small playpen around their cage. They like it, but it's too small for them to really 'run around.' I can't make it bigger. It's already as big as it can be. And I have been thinking....
There's a room in my basement (a heated, furnished basement, not a yucky cement one, lol) that's completely bare. It's a smallish room but with nothing in it but a few storage items, and a carpet. But with just a rat cage it would be ratty HEAVEN. I could put toys everywhere. Problem is, there are no windows. So would it be bad to keep them down there? Most animals I know like to have sunlight, but are rats an exception? If I left their lights on all day and turned them off at night, would that be bad?
If I ever did move them down to this room, it wouldn't be for a while anyway, as it's still used for some storage and I'd have to take everything out and move it elsewhere. Its just a possibility for the future.
There's a room in my basement (a heated, furnished basement, not a yucky cement one, lol) that's completely bare. It's a smallish room but with nothing in it but a few storage items, and a carpet. But with just a rat cage it would be ratty HEAVEN. I could put toys everywhere. Problem is, there are no windows. So would it be bad to keep them down there? Most animals I know like to have sunlight, but are rats an exception? If I left their lights on all day and turned them off at night, would that be bad?
If I ever did move them down to this room, it wouldn't be for a while anyway, as it's still used for some storage and I'd have to take everything out and move it elsewhere. Its just a possibility for the future.