Dried pieces of pine tree bark, approx. 200 grams. A natural topping for the bedding: for sniffing around, pulling at and using as nesting material. Read more.
In the wild, rabbits and rodents love pulling at loose bark. Sometimes to play with, sometimes to collect material for their nest. Back Zoo Nature Pine Tree Bark gives your pet the chance to do the same at home. These are dried pieces of pine tree bark, completely natural and free from additives or chemicals. Place them on the floor of the enclosure and your pet immediately has something new to investigate.
The bark is part of the Discovery Bedding line. You use it as a topping, on top of the regular bedding. That makes the floor more varied, with pieces to sniff under, turn over and gnaw on. Back Zoo Nature describes the bark as suitable for rodents and rabbits. A hamster drags pieces to its nest, gerbils and mice shred them, rats and degus search underneath for something tasty and a rabbit pulls at it in its run. A bag contains about 200 grams and the pieces vary in colour, size and shape.
The bark is lovely for hamster scaping. Put a few pieces on a deep layer of Zooply bedding, around a piece of wood or at the entrance of a hideout. The enclosure will then look like a patch of forest floor. Scatter a few Zooply snacks between the bark, so your pet has to search before it finds anything. For rabbits, place the bark in a corner of the enclosure or run, on a layer of Zooply bedding for rabbits, together with some hay.
Use the bark for variety, not as the main floor. Put down a handful, let your pet get busy with it and top it up after a while in a different spot. That keeps it exciting. A hamster that carries pieces to its stash or nest is free to do so. Leave the nest alone as much as possible when cleaning out.
Gnawing and pulling is normal and exactly the point. Remove wet or dirty pieces regularly and replace the bark when it has crumbled a lot. Store the rest dry and well closed, so you always have a fresh handful ready.
Yes. Back Zoo Nature describes the bark as suitable for rabbits. Pulling and gnawing is natural behaviour. Hay remains the most important thing to chew on.
It is a topping. You place it on top of the regular bedding, for variety and to search through.
Yes, that is normal nesting behaviour. Only remove pieces that have become wet or dirty.
No. According to Back Zoo Nature the bark is completely natural and free from additives or chemicals.
About 200 grams. That is enough to put a handful in the enclosure several times.
Knaagplaza is the online shop of 't Knaagplein in Bodegraven, the specialist in rodents and rabbits. We like to furnish our own animals' enclosures with natural materials to search through and nest with. That is why we choose scaping materials that we find suitable ourselves. Combine it with Zooply, our own brand of bedding, nesting material and snacks.
