[RalphsNan]

Ralph has some peculiar habits, he wont socialise with anyone he doesnt know, if someone is visiting and try to talk to him if he comes out of his shell, he will peer at them and then hurtle back in to his coconut shell. When I fill his small dish with food, he has to hold one side of the dish (as im putting it back in the cage) with his teeth and I hold the other side! He pretends he cant get any water out of the bottle so I have to squeeze it first to get some drops out and then he will happily drink properly - no idea why its working perfectly!! He hates his cage being cleaned, so he will go back in after a clean and sit in the plastic tubes and sulk - close his eyes and lay upside down for ages, then if he thinks we've stopped watching him, he will hurtle backwards and forwards very noisily until one of us talks to him. He is very sweet and is so friendly and social with us. He does get out and about in the day a lot, he wakes up about 8pm and is quite active throughout the evening. He loves being hand fed sunflower seeds - no idea why its just them he likes being handfed...hes a funny little thing!!

we did have a few days of him peeing the plastic tubes last week but fingers crossed hes back to doing it in the corner of the cage, ( I put some tissue I used to mop up his wee in his cage corner to encourage him back) and he eats anything - he loves going in his plastic ball (I know some people hate them!) and he loves his sand bath and play pen although he likes to try and climb out of it after about ten minutes!