I have changed things about in the cage and am not favourite again. The girls seemed a bit squashed in their corner houses upstairs, their big bottoms were always sticking out of them! As amusing and endearing as that was it didn't smack of comfort, they also couldn't ever snuggle up in a hidey together.
So armed with my concerns I have been and got a plastic igloo and that combined with my other spare igloo is now downstairs under the upstairs floor. They are side by side and placed on vet bed. They absolutely hate change but while we are finding our way to the perfect cage it's going to have to be. All food (except hay) is now being served upstairs. I am considering making upstairs newspaper and hay but tomorrow is clean out day so maybe i'll do it then, we'll see.
This afternoon I have seen them sleeping seperately and chilling together in one igloo so result.
They came out and did the usual wheek wheek wheek for food (How good is it that that sound seems usual now!) but when I put it upstairs they were very confused for ages and frantically running about in circles downstairs but in the end RESULT they found it and are currently happily munching on their veggies.
Gypsy has lost 60g over the last few weeks, so not sure how good that is. Could be that she isn't eating museli any more and only picking out the sugary bits but part of me thinks she isn't getting enough hay. Neither of them pay any attention to the hay manger despite nibbling from it once or twice and me loading it with about 5 different kinds of hay (I bought 2 more types today to try and convince them to eat!). That's one of my reasons for maybe making upstairs all hay. Could inspire more hay eating and I currently have LOADS.
Going to weigh her again in a week and see how we're doing.
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