Today I cleaned the hamster cages for the first time. The pamphlet said once every one - two weeks. So, today is one week. I'm guessing that it will more often reach to two weeks. We all know that cleaning is not my passion. But, I do like when the house doesn't smell like pee.
A few interesting things happened during the cleaning process.
The first thing I did was catch the hamsters and put each in his exercise ball to run around the house. Jane was immediately interested in the hamsters being on the ground and where she could get her nose right in close. (Jane's our dog.) I was worried she would scare the hamsters and told Rachel to take Jane in another room. But, Rachel suggested putting the balls in the bathtub and letting the hamsters run in the safety of the tub. Fine. Then she came out and told me that the balls got stuck on the drain so she put the plug in. Fine. Then she called for me to hurry and come in there because Snickers was out of his ball.
I ran in to find Snickers running around the tub ball-less. I scooped him back in the ball and made sure the lid was on tight. I then stood there thinking that it sure was a lucky thing that Rachel wanted to put the balls in the tub and wanted to put the plug in the drain. Snickers is fast and not doing either probably would have meant a lost Snickers. Rachel's good at predicting the future without knowing it. She often does things that anticipate circumstances we couldn't have foreseen; and it works out really well. I like that she has that unique talent.
The second interesting thing that happened while I was cleaning the cages is that I realized Snickers' cage had been put together wrong. Part of it wasn't connected this whole time. No rodents got out. No cats got in. Funny. Everyone just stayed where they belonged.
So, I don't know if Walter and Snickers could see each other in their exercise balls, but when I put them back in the cages, I put them both in one. And they were so happy to be together. They were grooming each other and sort of hugging. They pressed their faces together. It was very, very cute.
When we picked them out, they were in a cage together, so I guess they must be brothers or they must have been together for a while. I'm glad that they are happy to see each other. Maybe they can share an exercise ball next cleaning.
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