I know its not the cage for him. But my big cage outside is wooden and I can't let this tick problem get out of hand. Last time I had a burm outside in a cage like that and he had ticks and mites. And it got out of hand and he died. I can't let that happen again. Everytime theres ticks and/or mites I dont like to put my animals in wooden cages, so the tick/miites dont have a chance to breed.