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Since: Jul 28, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 1:26 pm
Post subject: New Crittertrail 2 cage - problems
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I have just transferred my mice over into a CritterTrail 2 cage, after
living all of their lives with me in a 10 gallon aquarium. The move was
done mostly for purposes of ventilation. Their aquarium did have all kinds
of ladders and tubes and a wheel so they wouldn't be bored.
I have found a couple of issues that I wonder if anyone has had experience
with. The worst one is that my oldest mouse, who is almost 2, can figure
out how to go DOWN the funnels between levels, but I'm not sure she knows
how to go up them yet. After their first night in there, I found her this
morning sleeping on the ground floor, alone and uncovered. She's just
getting over a respiratory infection and it is troubling that she was alone.
This morning I put her back up on the balcony where the house is, and she
went right to sleep with the others. The first floor is too small to put
the house down there (the wheel is in the way) and I can't force her up the
tubes. Is she confused because of her age? Stubborn?
The second problem is access to my mice. Yes there are 2 doors and one trap
door on the top - but no flip top lid for the whole cage, so that accessing
any mouse in the sleeping area (to give antibiotics to, for example) means
either taking the whole cage apart, or moving their house around to the
point they all run out, which I don't like.
I haven't even tried cleaning this new cage yet. Ugh. I spent alot of
money on it and would like to use it. The aquarium was easier for me but
I'm not sure it was as good for the mice. Any suggestions?
Meghan |
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:58 am
Post subject: Re: New Crittertrail 2 cage - problems [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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if the mice like the crittertrail and you don't mind cleaning it, then of
course use it.
I always used those large plastic storage boxes you can get at walmart or
kmart. 18 inch tall sides they couldn't jump, so you can leave the top off and
access them freely. cheap. easy to clean. and good for something else when
your mice finally go to that big cheese warehouse in the sky. only problem
with them was I had to clean the water bowl just about every day.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:36 pm
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"Meghan" <meghanNO1112.TakeThisOut@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:IRpRc.16138$Jp6.1614@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> I have just transferred my mice over into a CritterTrail 2 cage, after
> living all of their lives with me in a 10 gallon aquarium. The move was
> done mostly for purposes of ventilation. Their aquarium did have all
kinds
> of ladders and tubes and a wheel so they wouldn't be bored.
>
> I have found a couple of issues that I wonder if anyone has had experience
> with. The worst one is that my oldest mouse, who is almost 2, can figure
> out how to go DOWN the funnels between levels, but I'm not sure she knows
> how to go up them yet. After their first night in there, I found her this
> morning sleeping on the ground floor, alone and uncovered. She's just
> getting over a respiratory infection and it is troubling that she was
alone.
> This morning I put her back up on the balcony where the house is, and she
> went right to sleep with the others. The first floor is too small to put
> the house down there (the wheel is in the way) and I can't force her up
the
> tubes. Is she confused because of her age? Stubborn?
>
> The second problem is access to my mice. Yes there are 2 doors and one
trap
> door on the top - but no flip top lid for the whole cage, so that
accessing
> any mouse in the sleeping area (to give antibiotics to, for example) means
> either taking the whole cage apart, or moving their house around to the
> point they all run out, which I don't like.
>
> I haven't even tried cleaning this new cage yet. Ugh. I spent alot of
> money on it and would like to use it. The aquarium was easier for me but
> I'm not sure it was as good for the mice. Any suggestions?
>
> Meghan
>
>
All my mice are getting caught in traps , so the dog doesnt catch and kill
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:49 pm
Post subject: Re: New Crittertrail 2 cage - problems [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 9:26:00 -0400, Meghan wrote
(in message <IRpRc.16138$Jp6.1614@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>):
> I have found a couple of issues that I wonder if anyone has had experience
> with. The worst one is that my oldest mouse, who is almost 2, can figure
> out how to go DOWN the funnels between levels, but I'm not sure she knows
> how to go up them yet. After their first night in there, I found her this
> morning sleeping on the ground floor, alone and uncovered. She's just
> getting over a respiratory infection and it is troubling that she was alone.
> This morning I put her back up on the balcony where the house is, and she
> went right to sleep with the others. The first floor is too small to put
> the house down there (the wheel is in the way) and I can't force her up the
> tubes. Is she confused because of her age? Stubborn?
I have a Crittertrail 2. My mice love it. They rarely use the tubes to get
up and down onto the shelves, preferring instead to just climb up and down
the wire sides. I also have added some extensions to it -- extra pipes and a
little tower.
I hated the giant space-hogging wheel it came with (especially because it was
maddeningly rattly), so I got rid of it and put a smaller standard
free-standing wheel in its place. With that change, there is enough room to
put a small mouse house on the first floor.
Crittertrails have tubes that are a lot easier to climb than some other
brands, so I haven't had any problems with mice refusing to climb. However,
when I was a kid I had a Hartz cage, and one of my mice couldn't get up the
tubes. So I took a long piece of wire and bent it into a ladder and put that
through the tube. Then he had no problem using it at all. Maybe you could
try that.
> The second problem is access to my mice. Yes there are 2 doors and one trap
> door on the top - but no flip top lid for the whole cage, so that accessing
> any mouse in the sleeping area (to give antibiotics to, for example) means
> either taking the whole cage apart, or moving their house around to the
> point they all run out, which I don't like.
It's not very hard to just pop the top off the cage. There are tabs on
either side of it so you can lift it off. I guess I'm lucky -- my mice
mostly nest in the "petting zone."
If you have a dishwasher, that's a good way to give a thorough cleaning to a
Crittertrail. It comes up sparkling clean.
Heather >> Stay informed about: New Crittertrail 2 cage - problems |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:14 pm
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I've had some of the same problems, and finally went to those clear plastic
Kritter Keepers. They have plenty of ventilation, due to the perforated
plastic roof, and accessing the mice has never been easier.
Murri
"Tim Kettring" <tim6kettring.RemoveThis@e-garfield.com> wrote in message
news:2o5c6aF73u56U1@uni-berlin.de...
> "Meghan" <meghanNO1112.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:IRpRc.16138$Jp6.1614@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> > I have just transferred my mice over into a CritterTrail 2 cage, after
> > living all of their lives with me in a 10 gallon aquarium. The move was
> > done mostly for purposes of ventilation. Their aquarium did have all
> kinds
> > of ladders and tubes and a wheel so they wouldn't be bored.
> >
> > I have found a couple of issues that I wonder if anyone has had
experience
> > with. The worst one is that my oldest mouse, who is almost 2, can
figure
> > out how to go DOWN the funnels between levels, but I'm not sure she
knows
> > how to go up them yet. After their first night in there, I found her
this
> > morning sleeping on the ground floor, alone and uncovered. She's just
> > getting over a respiratory infection and it is troubling that she was
> alone.
> > This morning I put her back up on the balcony where the house is, and
she
> > went right to sleep with the others. The first floor is too small to
put
> > the house down there (the wheel is in the way) and I can't force her up
> the
> > tubes. Is she confused because of her age? Stubborn?
> >
> > The second problem is access to my mice. Yes there are 2 doors and one
> trap
> > door on the top - but no flip top lid for the whole cage, so that
> accessing
> > any mouse in the sleeping area (to give antibiotics to, for example)
means
> > either taking the whole cage apart, or moving their house around to the
> > point they all run out, which I don't like.
> >
> > I haven't even tried cleaning this new cage yet. Ugh. I spent alot of
> > money on it and would like to use it. The aquarium was easier for me
but
> > I'm not sure it was as good for the mice. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Meghan
> >
> >
> All my mice are getting caught in traps , so the dog doesnt catch and kill
> them LOL
>
> >> Stay informed about: New Crittertrail 2 cage - problems |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:20 pm
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tell us how you feel when you are cleaning it and trying to put the puzzle
back together again!
heh...I found out that my Crittertrail is a bit of a pain when I take it
all apart to throughly clean it.
Bren
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Mary had a little lamb,
The midwife was surprised!
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 6:43 pm
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On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 22:14:30 -0400, Lady Blacksword wrote
(in message <41410e53_2.RemoveThis@newsfeed.slurp.net>):
> I've had some of the same problems, and finally went to those clear plastic
> Kritter Keepers. They have plenty of ventilation, due to the perforated
> plastic roof, and accessing the mice has never been easier.
Just a word of warning -- I had two mice escape by chewing through the
plastic lid of one of those. Not all mice seem inclined to do this, since I
had another mouse who lived in one his whole life with no problem.
Heather >> Stay informed about: New Crittertrail 2 cage - problems |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:03 pm
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I've been watching for that, but even the two that chew on EVERYTHING
haven't gone for the lids. One Bit & Two Bit (Black, identical except for
white tail markings, hence the names) even chewed on the bars of the
crittertrail. *shrug* Guess it's just a little to high up for them to bother
with. Or they don't like the taste of plastic as much as they do the stuff I
let them have for chewing.
Murri
Asylum Warden to Blitz, Smoke, One Bit, Two Bit, Star, Tish'la, Tavish &
Dale
"Heather M. Fieldhouse" <bunnyhugger.TakeThisOut@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:01HW.BD68BF8804614A430AE9DF70@news.lan.sbcglobal.net...
> On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 22:14:30 -0400, Lady Blacksword wrote
> (in message <41410e53_2.TakeThisOut@newsfeed.slurp.net>):
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> > I've had some of the same problems, and finally went to those clear
plastic
> > Kritter Keepers. They have plenty of ventilation, due to the perforated
> > plastic roof, and accessing the mice has never been easier.
>
> Just a word of warning -- I had two mice escape by chewing through the
> plastic lid of one of those. Not all mice seem inclined to do this, since
I
> had another mouse who lived in one his whole life with no problem.
>
>
> Heather
> >> Stay informed about: New Crittertrail 2 cage - problems |
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