Hiya,
We are using fleece and towel to line the bottom of the cage for our rats. The fleece is trapped between the top of the tray and the bottom of the wire for the cage, and also clipped down using file clips. Despite this, the rats are still chewing through the fabric, running around under it and sleeping there. Is there anything I can do to discourage this behaviour? They have plenty of other things to chew on, and chew on other things all the time, and I am providing more and more things for them to hide under that aren't the fleece. Is there anything else I could be doing?
We are using fleece and towel to line the bottom of the cage for our rats. The fleece is trapped between the top of the tray and the bottom of the wire for the cage, and also clipped down using file clips. Despite this, the rats are still chewing through the fabric, running around under it and sleeping there. Is there anything I can do to discourage this behaviour? They have plenty of other things to chew on, and chew on other things all the time, and I am providing more and more things for them to hide under that aren't the fleece. Is there anything else I could be doing?