Patent ID: 7146931
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: A01K,B01D

Abstract:
1. An animal enrichment device for use in an animal cage having a cage bottom, the cage bottom having a floor and a peripheral lip with at least two recesses defined therein, the enrichment device comprising: a floor on which an animal may perch; a first set of opposing walls extending up from the floor; a second set of opposing walls extending up from to floor; a flange portion disposed at the top of each of the first set of opposing walls, each flange portion having a top surface; wherein the flange portions are dimensioned and shaped such that when the animal enrichment device is disposed in the cage bottom, the flange portions are received such that the top surface of each of the flange portions is flush with the peripheral lip of the cage bottom, and wherein the floor of the enrichment device is positioned above the floor of the cage bottoms; and wherein the flange portions are disposed closer to a first wall of the second set of opposing walls than to a second wall of the second set of opposing walls, such that the enrichment device may be selectively positioned in the cage in one of a first orientation and a second orientation, such that in a first orientation, the first wall is a first distance from a side of the cage bottom, and in the second orientation, the second wall is a second distance from the side of the cage bottom, the first distance being greater than the second distance.