Bedtime

Bedtime and bird cage covers

When it comes to pet birds, if they don't snooze, they lose. Inadequate amounts of shut-eye can lead to many behavior problems in companion avians, including feather plucking, aggression and plain old crankiness. The following tips can help you ensure that every night brings a good night's sleep for your pet.

Bedding for hamsters, guinea pigs, rats, mice, gerbils, rabbits and ferrets

Let's talk about bedding. Not comforters, pillows and sheet sets, but the materials that you'll use to line the bottom of your little critter's cage. To be effective, bedding should keep your pet warm and dry, while absorbing waste materials. But it must also be safe, dust-free and non-toxic. Unfortunately, some materials traditionally used for bedding can make your little guys sick.

Watch out for wood bedding

You may have heard recent warnings about cedar and pine shavings. Heed them, please!