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Subject: Re: HEY JO-BOURBON-DEB or anyone else who knows - I Gotta question
Posted by Deb on February 26, 1999 at 19:47:12:

In Reply to: HEY JO-BOURBON-DEB or anyone else who knows - I Gotta question posted by Christi on February 23, 1999 at 09:23:49:

: You mentioned a week or so ago that "down-ears" could be a sign of depression. Koa and Jako only do this when they sleep. Does sleeping count?

: Also, we wanted to get a new nesting box, since the one they have is getting to small. I was thinking about one of those clear plastic boxes that they sell at the pet stores (the ones they put the little mice in for feeding to the snakes, they call them lunch boxes, how sad). Or do they need something not so see through? I guess what I am asking is what is the best and easiest to clean. We had a wooden box at first and they got very foul in a hurry.

: What is good toy for them to put in their cage? They don't seem to play with anything we have put in their, they don't even climb on the wood we have hanging from the cage.

: Just wanted some ideas of what works for others

: Thanx tons!

I have not gone thru the responses to your ???? but I use plastic Chubs baby wipe boxes for nesting ( the 2 holes are cut out - they look like Lego blocks). I attach them from the box bottom which I make the back.

Ears are able to rotate and yes they are drooping as they sleep. Kiwi use to pull hers down over her eyes to think we could not see her and she was no way depressed when she did that.

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