Hello everyone,
My hedgie will be picked up on Thursday from a rescue center. I'm purchasing my cage tomorrow night from a store further from home as the closeby ones didn't have the XL ones. I thought I could find most of my accessories at PETCO, but now I'm afraid I cannot. I thought I could find liners and an appropriate wheel, but did not have luck. Also, I saw a heating pad online at PETCO, but not in the store. Is a pad OK? I read a ceramic source is better - I have a reptile red light - is that OK? Do I need a thermometer? The house is kept around 70 at night, 74 in the day.
I have to show the proper cage before getting the hedgie. I've done the in-home visit already for other animals we've taken in from the center, so the adoption agent just said to bring the cage. I'm concerned I cannot find the liners and am afraid to use Carefresh, which I have at the house for our guinea pig and hamster.
Can you use a baby's receiving blanket as a liner? Please address the heating pad vs. light, too.
Thanks,
Dana
My hedgie will be picked up on Thursday from a rescue center. I'm purchasing my cage tomorrow night from a store further from home as the closeby ones didn't have the XL ones. I thought I could find most of my accessories at PETCO, but now I'm afraid I cannot. I thought I could find liners and an appropriate wheel, but did not have luck. Also, I saw a heating pad online at PETCO, but not in the store. Is a pad OK? I read a ceramic source is better - I have a reptile red light - is that OK? Do I need a thermometer? The house is kept around 70 at night, 74 in the day.
I have to show the proper cage before getting the hedgie. I've done the in-home visit already for other animals we've taken in from the center, so the adoption agent just said to bring the cage. I'm concerned I cannot find the liners and am afraid to use Carefresh, which I have at the house for our guinea pig and hamster.
Can you use a baby's receiving blanket as a liner? Please address the heating pad vs. light, too.
Thanks,
Dana