OliveW
Well-Known Member
Should I just permanently remove my sully's burrow? Like just fill it in and block the area until he gets used to it? Can they be happy without a burrow?
We have made his enclosure much larger, something we hadn't planned to do until next year. He has now moved up from 12' x 24' to a 24' x 44' with a built in night box. He has adjusted to the night box MUCH easier than I anticipated, and of course he has access to it during the day as well. He's locked in at night. I keep it at 80 degrees, with two heaters and two extra Bluetooth temperature sensors w/alarms to my phone.
We used materials that had his burrow safe from rodents to build out his new and improved home. While his burrow is still within his enclosure, anything that can get over the wall could go down there at night. So now, he's not allowed to sleep down there even in the summer.
This is coming up this evening because he went down his burrow earlier, and I was positive he wouldn't be out again tonight. Usually 5 pm is his bed time. To my surprise, he only spent a short time down there, and came back out to be safely put into his night box. It's getting down to 60 degrees tonight, and in the 30's - 40's every night for the next ten days. Needless to say, his burrow is currently well blocked to ensure this can't happen tomorrow, or anytime soon.
We have made his enclosure much larger, something we hadn't planned to do until next year. He has now moved up from 12' x 24' to a 24' x 44' with a built in night box. He has adjusted to the night box MUCH easier than I anticipated, and of course he has access to it during the day as well. He's locked in at night. I keep it at 80 degrees, with two heaters and two extra Bluetooth temperature sensors w/alarms to my phone.
We used materials that had his burrow safe from rodents to build out his new and improved home. While his burrow is still within his enclosure, anything that can get over the wall could go down there at night. So now, he's not allowed to sleep down there even in the summer.
This is coming up this evening because he went down his burrow earlier, and I was positive he wouldn't be out again tonight. Usually 5 pm is his bed time. To my surprise, he only spent a short time down there, and came back out to be safely put into his night box. It's getting down to 60 degrees tonight, and in the 30's - 40's every night for the next ten days. Needless to say, his burrow is currently well blocked to ensure this can't happen tomorrow, or anytime soon.