Posted by mike on July 10, 2000 at 18:32:43:
In Reply to: Lemmy wins....(Ahhhh-gainnnn!) (long) posted by grendel on July 10, 2000 at 17:23:46:
: Well, not long after moving Lemmy into what used to be a "walk in closet" (but shall from this point on be known as "his majesty's domain"...),I decided that I had had enough of the constant poop clean-up off of the water-bed liner which I had put down to protect the floor. After all...he had newspaper in the bottom of his last cage, and everything was fine then, so why not put some down in his new home and save a lot of scrubbing?
: Yeah...right.
: I can't believe how long that Ig can go without pooping! He'd go from one "outside time" to another (sometimes several days apart)without going, then as soon as he hit the ground outside, he'd let loose with HUGE dumps on the grass.
: A few weeks ago a friend was over and I let Lemmy out so my friend could get a look at him. Lemmy calmy walks right down to the end of the couch closest to this visitor, and ....well, you know!!! All down behind the back of couch...all over the arm of the couch...then without a second glance he marched back across the couch, clambered down the side and went right back to his cage!
: So, O.K., I get it. But I don't want to give in that easy, right? So I try holding out, in the hopes that given a week or so more he'll get over this "newspaper" potty problem...but it's no use. He simply will NOT go potty in there when newspapers down. So, finally today, before leaving for work, I grab up all the newspaper off of his closet floor and throw it out. I get home tonight...HUGE Ig poop on the floor of his closet.
: Of course.
: Well...guess I better go clean it up...wouldn't want to do anything to UPSET him, after all....!
use vinyl floor covering