Kaytee Lava Ledge (3 Ledges)

My chinchillas love these and they work great!!

Excelente inversión

Our chinchilla’s preferred gnawing option.

Let me start with saying if I could give negative stars to this product, I would. Ive seen these ledges in thousands of pictures of rat/guinea pig/chinchilla cages, and have heard many owners sing praises of the ones they have, saying they last 5+ years in cages. Apparently Kaytee changed how these were manufactured sometime around 2017, and now the product is nothing you would EVER want to stick in a small animal cage. They reek. Not with the mild sulphurous smell that natural pumice has. No, this smells like it had the unfortunate fate of being buried in your 110 year old great grandmas dresser that no one has dared to open in a decade, mostly because theyre scared to deal with whats trying to live inside it, and that they years ago tried to gas the dreaded thing to death by burying it in mothballs and locking it away in a basement somewhere, wrapped up so tight that the scary thing cant escape its inevitable death. They might as well have marinated these ledges in mothball solution during their creation because the whole brick of synthetic pumice oozes out that foul greasy odor. I first thought it was the paint, and tried to rub/scrub it off, but no, when one of these crumbled in my hand during the cleaning process it became all too clear that the whole ledge is tainted with this noxious malodorous chemical. Added bonus was finding out that they wont hold up to scrubbing pee/poop off them! The toxicity these ledges leach could quickly fill an enclosed cage, putting small animals at risk of all sorts of medical issues, and I shudder to think of what they would do to the digestive systems of an animal if they were to be so noseblind as to actually chew on these things. Add in the real possibility of them just crumbling under an animal and falling to the bottom of the cage, and I would urge anyone to just go build a platform with some poplar wood, bolts, washers, and wingnuts instead. The pretty colors in your photo worthy cage arent worth your pets health and safety. Complete waste of money, and shame on Kaytee for putting their dollars before the safety of their products.

The chinchillas can go through this in less than a week... just can’t get enough of this.

Kaytee lava ledges REALLY went spiraling downhill in quality for some reason. Ive bought these from amazon, chewy, petco online. And in store at pet supplies and smaller local pet shops. They ALL smell like motor oil and I dont trust them. They used to have NO scent. I got in contact with Petco and Kaytee support and they told me the smell was normal for the packaging but they refunded me. Nope. Instead, look for the brand ALL LIVING THINGS. Buy their pumice stones. Its the same thing as the lava ledge, just without harmful chemicals. Avoid these ones.

They keep my rats nails fairly dull.

Our bunny, Skippy, really likes it and its good for him.

bought the 3 pack thinking they were all the same color like in the picture. they are not. they came with 3 different colors.

Are used this product in my rat cage. The lava ledge is a great size, but there is only one screw on the back for mounting, so it makes the ledge a little wobbly. No matter how hard you tighten it, the ledge can still be turned with some force. Haven’t had any hurt rats yet, but I wish it was a little more sturdy.