Tall wooden observation box to place against the glass. As a sand bath you watch your pet bathe, filled with bedding you see the tunnels it digs. Read more.
Want to see what your pet does when it thinks nobody is watching? This tall Trixie observation box is placed against the glass of the terrarium or cage. Through the glass you look straight into the box. The box is made of untreated wood and is easy to assemble thanks to the plug-in system. At 30 × 25 × 12 cm it is almost twice as tall as the small version, which gives you a much better view and your pet more room.
Fill the box with Zooply bathing sand and it becomes a sand bath with a viewing window. You can watch your pet roll through the sand, shake itself off and start all over again. Bathing in sand helps keep the coat clean and dry. Gerbils and degus come from dry regions and love doing this naturally, but hamsters use a sand bath too. Thanks to the extra height, this box also suits a Syrian hamster or a degu.
Prefer a look underground? Then fill the box with bedding. Your pet digs its tunnels and burrows in it, and along the glass you can see exactly where they run. You might discover where your hamster keeps its food store or how gerbils build a tunnel system together. Use Zooply bedding for hamsters or for gerbils, in a spacious terrarium with a deep layer. Pile the bedding up against the box all around, so it forms one whole.
The box is suitable for Syrian hamsters, dwarf hamsters, mice and gerbils. As a sand bath it is also suitable for degus in their enclosure. Degus are active during the day, so you will often see them bathing in the middle of the day. Hamsters are crepuscular and nocturnal. With them it is better to watch in the evening and let them sleep during the day. In both cases, do not tap on the glass, just watch quietly.
The wood is untreated, and gnawing is fine. Degus and gerbils in particular gnaw through wood quickly, so check the box regularly and replace it when it has been gnawed too far. As a sand bath, sift out droppings and dirty sand now and then and top up with clean sand. As a digging box, only remove dirty patches and leave the tunnels intact as much as possible.
Yes, filled with bathing sand this is a sand bath in which you can watch your degu bathe. The 25 cm height gives enough room. Degus gnaw wood a lot, so keep an eye on the box and replace it when needed.
You will see the tunnels and burrows your pet digs. Along the glass you look at a cross-section of the burrow, sometimes with a food store or a nest in it.
Yes, this tall version has enough room for a Syrian hamster, both as a sand bath and filled with bedding.
Use fine bathing sand intended for rodents, such as Zooply bathing sand. Do not use dusty sand or calcium sand.
The box is designed to be placed against the glass. It therefore works in a terrarium or a cage with a transparent front. With only bars you cannot see anything through the glass.
At 't Knaagplein in Bodegraven we specialise in rodents and rabbits. A spacious terrarium with a deep floor and a fixed bathing spot is the basis for us, and with this tall observation box you can watch your pet dig or bathe. That is why we chose it for our range. We choose accessories we consider suitable ourselves. Fill the box with Zooply, our own brand, for bathing sand and bedding.
