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Pebbles82 · 01-08-2020, 04:19 AM

It is handy! I find they only tend to use the Sputniks if they have a tube leading to them or if they're next to a shelf. They both seem to like sitting in them though. It's also interesting to see the routine. A bit of wheeling, then they both did foraging and from the food bowl, had a drink and went back to bed again. Then a bit of exploring/playing and looking to see if there was a way out! Final thing was a big foraging of the food bowl before going to bed. Pickle spent a good 15 minutes at his food bowl at 3.30am - I was wondering if he'd actually fallen asleep in it but I think he was just carefully going through it, pouching some and eating some. Then it was like their night was over by 3.30am. But Pickle comes out early morning. So far Moo comes out earlier and retires earlier and Pickle comes out later and retires later. Either different preferences or I did wonder if it's because they can smell each other so take in turns. But as Pickle is on his wheel a lot I don't think it deterred Moo coming out.

All things we know they do at night but it's nice to see.

01-08-2020, 04:19 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Hamsters at night thread It is handy! I find they only tend to use the Sputniks if they have a tube leading to them or if they're next to a shelf. They both seem to like sitting in them though. It's also interesting to see the routine. A bit of wheeling, then they both did foraging and from the food bowl, had a drink and went back to bed again. Then a bit of exploring/playing and looking to see if there was a way out! Final thing was a big foraging of the food bowl before going to bed. Pickle spent a good 15 minutes at his food bowl at 3.30am - I was wondering if he'd actually fallen asleep in it but I think he was just carefully going through it, pouching some and eating some. Then it was like their night was over by 3.30am. But Pickle comes out early morning. So far Moo comes out earlier and retires earlier and Pickle comes out later and retires later. Either different preferences or I did wonder if it's because they can smell each other so take in turns. But as Pickle is on his wheel a lot I don't think it deterred Moo coming out. All things we know they do at night but it's nice to see.