Increasingly hard to get squirrels BACK in cage
I have 2 males that live in the same cage, they get along very well. Their cage is about 5ft tall maybe 3ft wide and deep as well. (It was an old wardrobe before and we turned it into a cage with wire on the sides that they can climb on) i have a box for th3ir nest, a hammock, deer antlers to chew on, bedding on the bottom, bowls for food, 2 water bottles, and large tree limbs to climb on. Been having trouble finding toys they like but I also just out in a shallow bowl eith water in it as they also seem to play and splash in it. To my knowledge their cage has enough enrichment in it but maybe I'm wrong.
It live in a house and have 3 cats, I always put them up when I let the squirrels out to play. (The youngest cat likes to chase the squirrels and it freaks them out a bit but eventually if like them all to get along. I'm taking baby steps with this) They of course LOVE when I let them out and it's normally for a good hour or 2 but it's soooo hard getting them back in the cage that's it's starting to be too much of a task just for myself.
Just today I ended up feeling SO bad cuz I ended freaking out one that I couldn't get back in and ended up having to leave him alone for awhile cuz he was breathing really hard and didn't want me even reaching out to him.
Does anyone have any tricks or easy ways to get them back in? (A difficult task when you have 2 and the other tries to get back out when you out one in) I've tried luring them in eith food but they just take it and run back out of the cage.
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