Busy Freya... still up and digging at 8.40am

CPalmer · 01-15-2015, 02:14 AM

Well... I had a lovely surprise when I got up this morning. There was Freya. Under her wheel, looking all lively. She willingly came for cuddles and helped me make some much needed coffee. Then has a little spin around in her ball.

I had to drop my hubby off to Dr's so I tidyed her cage from the little digging under her wheel and popped Freya back in.

40 minutes I returned and found that hammy world had been turned over!!!

There she was firmly tucked under her wheel, a little cave hideaway from the world, I thought she was actually asleep in there, but no. I think she was trying to be invisible as I took in the carnage!

I redid all her substrate on Tuesday, and took out her dig box to swap for a little labrinth box. Well she hadn't been digging for weeks...

Dagnabbit she's dug now!

Willow Wisp · 01-15-2015, 02:28 AM

Aww bless her lol. I always worry when they dig under the wheel like that, that it will topple over and fall on them, it never has so they must be fantastic construction artists

I love the photo of her snuggled under her wheel

cypher · 01-15-2015, 03:27 AM

lol! Nothing like a bit of cleaning & tidying up to get them digging!

CPalmer · 01-15-2015, 04:03 AM

typical hammy. I'm not moving back yet lol. I refuse

Thin Lizzy · 01-15-2015, 09:07 AM

That is a cute pic of her sleeping under her wheel! I know they can be a bit ocd but when they make a mess they do in style lol!

**DrKMcK** · 01-15-2015, 09:27 AM

That's amazing! They will burrow under anything.

It was because Almond burrows so much and flings substrate all over the place that I decided to build him his IKEA Knuff house. Now his bath and his small water bottle are safe from flying substrate. I tend to have his wheel on the floor of the cage so he doesn't burrow under it. Sometimes it works,other times, not so much. I wonder why they do that? *sigh*

Could the wheel actually fall on her?

CPalmer · 01-15-2015, 11:50 AM

I am surprised it doesn't fall on her to be fair, she does do a great job. But i think that they must feel stability whilst digging... it hasn't fallen yet lol

Gatsby · 01-16-2015, 01:21 PM

Is that hemp substrate you use? I can't tell

CPalmer · 01-17-2015, 01:40 PM

Yes it is siccofloor from zooplus