The Ongoing Adventures Of Sabrina & Scooter

I am often asked how I house Sabrina and Scooter. The answer is both simple and complicated at the same time! The photo below gives an ideal of their housing, which consists of two walk-in cages, side by side. The farthest cage also occupies what was once a closet. I custom-built the cages so that they are modular in nature, are easily taken apart and easily expanded, should the need arise.There is a 4-inch diameter round ingress/egress hole between the two cages which is wide open most of the year. There are no screws or nails inside the cage, so no worries about injury from sharp objects. Most of the year they sleep huddled together in the same nesting box (they have five to choose from) but there is a certain time of year when Sabrina will not tolerate Scooter’s amorous advances - late May and most of June - so the 4-inch access hole is plugged during that time. I cannot count the tims I have considered having Scooter neutered, but always defer to the risk factor outweighing the inconvenience to Sabrina.

The floor of each cage is lined with industral-grade 3/4″ foam rubber. This makes for easy washing and also presents a soft landing surface for them when playtime gets overly rambunctious! There are currently 6 running wheels (3 Senior and 2 Wobust Wodent Wheels, and 1 Stealth Wheel). Lots of thick rope, shelving, ledges, IKEA hampers, tree branches keep them active and stimulated. The room outside the cage has a “running track” that makes a loop around the entire circumference of the room at about the 7 foot in height mark. This running track is used extensively during their supervised “free-play time”, as are the various human-centric objects in the room like bookcases.

So there you have it!