Fun with the rat
Jul. 11th, 2005 01:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kellan_the_tabbySo, 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.
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.
Re: Happy rat!
Date: 2005-07-11 03:33 pm (UTC)Ooh, yeah. :)