Yesterday morning I noticed the boys were all walking funny. Panicked, I hopped onto Google searching for possible causes for their strange posture. The terrible possibilities were scrolling through my head. I finally went back to their cage and started to begin weighing everyone, looking for disheveled hair, drainage from pory, listening to breathing. Nothing, everyone looked great, but they were still walking funny. ????
Glancing over, girls cage looked totally normal.
I sat down and just observed a bit longer. You know those 'Eureka!' moments? I had one. I figured it out!
This summer we had placed 12" tiles in our cages to not only help keep the ratties cooled off but to hold down the fleece. Well, you see the boys didn't like getting their testicles cold so they were all walking on tip toes with their bodies sucked up to avoid the COLD tiles. After a giggle (or two) I removed all of the tiles except for the one under food.
I dare say they like them gone from this picture I took an hour later.
Glancing over, girls cage looked totally normal.
I sat down and just observed a bit longer. You know those 'Eureka!' moments? I had one. I figured it out!
This summer we had placed 12" tiles in our cages to not only help keep the ratties cooled off but to hold down the fleece. Well, you see the boys didn't like getting their testicles cold so they were all walking on tip toes with their bodies sucked up to avoid the COLD tiles. After a giggle (or two) I removed all of the tiles except for the one under food.
I dare say they like them gone from this picture I took an hour later.
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