This is Pudgy, our three year old (prairie) dog. Every day he climbs into the fireplace and we have to dust him off.
“I keep going into the fireplace and get covered in soot. I am a bad prairie dog.”
Just a suggestion: Get him either a sandbox or a litter box that you can fill with sand. Prairie dogs innately like to dig in soft, sand or soil and, since it appears yours is an inside pet, he’s probably missing the opportunity to dig around. The sand would be a lot easier to clean up than the soot.
Prairie dogs dig and live in burrows, he’s just being natural. Get him a bin, fill it with dirt so he can dig. Put a fireplace screen up so he can’t get in there. PD’s normally live in PR Towns, so they do get lonely, they don’t live alone. I love PD’s!!!
Totally adorable!
You may want to get him a sand box. You can find “play” sand at Home Depot etc. I would close off the fireplace to him. The soot is so fine, he will get it in his nostrils & possibly into the lungs 🙁 Same w/ Chinchilla dust. JMHO
mjnightingale
Wow…a prairie dog….he must be lonely….wonder if they get lonely?
dogsandcatsandhorsesohmy
Just a suggestion: Get him either a sandbox or a litter box that you can fill with sand. Prairie dogs innately like to dig in soft, sand or soil and, since it appears yours is an inside pet, he’s probably missing the opportunity to dig around. The sand would be a lot easier to clean up than the soot.
Gigi (@gigirn1957)
He is so cute!
Allison
I love him!!!
Ami
Adorableeeeeee poor little thing. He’s a cutie.
Karen
My friend has a prairie dog back home. They named him Peanut he’s cute and loves his peanut butter!
Meg
Get him some chinchilla dust. 🙂 or his own garden. Too funny.
Courtney
Omg! Best pet ever! Where would one get one of these? 🙂
poodlepups
Yay, a prairie dog shaming!
Kat
Prairie dogs dig and live in burrows, he’s just being natural. Get him a bin, fill it with dirt so he can dig. Put a fireplace screen up so he can’t get in there. PD’s normally live in PR Towns, so they do get lonely, they don’t live alone. I love PD’s!!!
Lisa
I want a prairie dog!
rachel
I want one!!!!
Evelyn
Totally adorable!
You may want to get him a sand box. You can find “play” sand at Home Depot etc. I would close off the fireplace to him. The soot is so fine, he will get it in his nostrils & possibly into the lungs 🙁 Same w/ Chinchilla dust. JMHO