I use an xpen also and have it coverd on the top(hubby made something for me),My female will climb out of her pen.I have another female who likes a really dark nice place to keep hers ,we drape blankets over it so she has a little tunnel to her box and she is very content with that.
I have one who liked to put them in my potted house plants also(before I got the xpen) We would have dirt all over the place from her digging out a nice spot for them then we would find those poor little pups in the plant all full of dirt.
Instinct for her to find a nice quiet dark place to hide her pups.
Heat ducts is a new one for me never heard of that before,would have been a job for you getting them out if she could not have retrived them. I can just see the mess of trying to get out those tiny babies.LOL |