How often do you get your Rodents out?

**Whisk_Luva** · 05-28-2007, 04:31 AM

How often do you take your rodents out of its cage?

**Miss Z** · 05-28-2007, 06:20 AM

Tia is out and about for at least 2 or 3 hours per day. Usually she'll have an hour free roaming either in my room or one of the bathrooms (as there aren't any wires or electrical sockets in there!) under supervision. She also gets time to run around in her ball or just being held by a member of my family, which is most often me. She gets some private time in her cage to do her daily rat stuff, like sort out her bed, pretend to be a JCB and chuck sawdust everywhere, etc.

The gerbils don't get quite as much time out. If I let them run around I would have virtually no hope of catching them! They're too small to move a ball on their own, and in the past I tried putting all three into Foxy's (my past hamster) old ball. But it really isn't easy, you need at least five hands to do it.

So the gerbils get more handling time really, about 30 mins for each of them. The gerbils amuse each other, mostly, so they don't need quite as much attention as Tia, who is on her own.

**Hellow** · 05-28-2007, 10:06 AM

I handle my Gerbil almost every day. When he is out i let him rome my desk and chew on things. He loves to rome the confusion my desk is currently in. Heres the latest pic of my desk:

**Whisk_Luva** · 05-28-2007, 11:44 AM

Every day- for about 10-15 mins at a time but a lot of times in the day. Adds up to a long time

**Chilli** · 05-28-2007, 01:42 PM

With everything added up, the rats all get around 1 1/2 hours out of their cages each day.
The mouse gets around 15 minutes a day. She's getting rather old and has a few medical issues(nothing major) that usually makes her not in the mood to socialize.
The ferrets get around 5 hours out of their cage a day.

**CathyBogart** · 05-28-2007, 02:39 PM

Hazel didn't like being handled at all, and when I let her out she would run back to her cage (I guess I kept it entertaining enough for her!) so I pretty much only took her out for cage cleaning after awhile. I'd still try to let her out for playtime sometimes, but she never seemed to like it.

I guess I'm glad I never had to worry about her running away!

**moosmom** · 05-29-2007, 08:39 AM

Winkie loves hanging out with me in bed. He'll sit on my shoulder and groom himself (or me). Sometimes he'll even curl up behind me on the pillow and fall asleep. I just wish I could let him run around the room. Unfortunately, that's almost impossible since I've got 5 cats and a VERY small bathroom.