![]() ![]() That’s how your ratties feel walking on it day in and day out. The uncoated steel will cut into your hand, it may not break the skin, but it is certainly uncomfortable. Put all your weight on your hands, as if doing a push up. Test it out for yourself: place your palm on a powder coated mesh cage shelf or floor and the other palm on uncoated mesh (such as hardware cloth/ chicken wire). It’s much harder on the feet and since its uncoated, it can cause tiny hairline cuts into the rats feet- and since rats like to pee/poo on everything, that bacteria can get into those cuts and cause infections. Today’s pet cages, or at least most of them, are powder-coated galvanized steel.I would also say a rat would be at a higher risk for bumblefoot if it was walking around on uncoated galvanized steel. Bumblefoot is usually genetic, or found most commonly in older, overweight rats, or in rats that have been living in unsanitary conditions. That is the question.īumblefoot, or ulcerative pododermatitis, is the inflammation and infection of the plantar surface and connective tissue of the foot/feet. Apparently, mesh wire cages are under a huge debate…to cover or not to cover. ![]() I see more and more post about people worried about their rats getting bumblefoot from uncovered wire mesh cages. ![]() Okay, so this topic came up while I was prowling my fave rat forum. ![]()
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