Fun with the rat

[kellan_the_tabby]

So, I have this rat. And he's in a small aquarium (which I'm going to replace pretty soon) and he gets bored.

So I found a fairly large, sort of flat box, and I taped up the sides so they're high enough that he can't get out easily. And I stuck things in it. A glass jar, on its side. One of my sneakers. A low basket with a lid. A couple of rocks. Some clothespins, and a small ball. And I put him in it.

He's running around in there having the time of his life. Currently he's nibbling on a dog treat I put in there for him to find, but earlier he was trying to figure out the glass jar (mostly by climbing into it and rolling it around), and before that he was playing with the ball.

*grins*

I need to think of different things to put in it for him to play with. I should probably put in a water dish, too, if I'm going to leave him in there for a while.

Only problem is I have to lock the cats out when Siegfried is in the box, and they get grumpy. But...they'll live.

Comments

Happy rat!

[montuos]

Maybe something with sticky-outy or nubbly bits? Jacks, maybe?

Re: Happy rat!

[kellan_the_tabby]

I think I have some jacks, yeah...

Oh, and that reminds me; I've got one of those funky massage-things that looks sort of like a big jack, too. I bet he'd like climbing over that.

He's chewed a hole in the ball...

Re: Happy rat!

[montuos]

...one of those funky massage-things that looks sort of like a big jack...

Sounds like fun. How about a small paper bag?

He's chewed a hole in the ball...

Figures...

Re: Happy rat!

[kellan_the_tabby]

How about a small paper bag?

Ooh, yeah. :)

[melvh.livejournal.com]

Be careful. If you leave him alone in there for any amount of time, you may find he's chewed his way out.

Rats are sneaky that way.

[kellan_the_tabby]

Given that he's already demonstrated that he _can_ jump up to the side of the box, I don't plan to leave him alone for very long at all...

Cunning little git he is, anyway.