Mollie333 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I brought a shallow tubtrug and put playsand in it and they hate it! Ungrateful little madams, What do you put in your Dust Bath? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelbel Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I had to take mine out too. I had sand and hemcore (they love rolling in pooey run hemcore) and chucked in some louse powder and Diatom. What a waste of time. Tried it with soil from the garden (even from their garden dust bath). Ignored. They don't have a dedicated dustbath any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlehenny Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I've never bothered with a dust bath for mine - if they want one they make one themselves by lying down either in the run or on dry soil and moving themselves around to get dust under their wings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I bought a nice hexagonal wooden plant thingy from B and Q, then i filled it with top soil, They seem to love it as it is really fine soil. I also added a solar lamp, incase they wanted to bath at dusk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Mine have two...one is compost and soil (formally known as the flower bed but after they dug it all out, I swept it into a wooden corner box ad stuck it in the run!! They tend to use this for playing in, so I now hide mealworms and other fun yummy stuff in there. The other is a cat litter tray base filled with play sand and louse powder....they started using it a fortnight ago...it's been in there for about 6 weeks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherbet Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 cut my tubtrug down to make it shallow, and put some garden compost & playsand in it, they love it! i put it in the run around lunchtime, and they roll around in it, quite funny to watch them. I never thought about putting louse powder in...excellent idea, will go & get some tomorrow. Am still worried about Macy's poos, they still seem abit on the runny side! Tried them with some bran from the health food shop & pro-biotic yogurt tonight, but they didn't want to know! They do seem very happy & healthy tho...so perhaps am worrying over nothing. I did have 2 fried eggs tonight on toast....blummin eggscellent! i certainly noticed the differnece in taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
