September 15th, 2008 by Missy
The cage is completed~! Doesn’t it look fantastic? I still need Dan to modify the bars with hardware cloth (since the boys will be small enough to slip through the bars for a few months), but other than that it is all ready for occupants! Isn’t it amazing how much better it looks than the previous picture, with just the addition of a few more hammocks and liners? The liners, I think, make the biggest difference. To me they make the cage look comfy and plush, whereas before it didn’t look like it would be particularly comfortable (as soon as you stepped foot out of a hammock, that is). I also have to say, Dan’s idea to add a tube hammock leading back to the corner hammock (back left) was fantastic.
Now to get another set of hammocks and liners ready! I’m currently working on a Halloween set (just have one hammock and a cube done) and then I’ll make a set out of a cute stars pattern that Anya picked out. I’d like to have at least four liners completed by the time the boys arrive, and three sets of hammocks (not counting the Halloween one, since it’s for… Halloween).
I swear, I’m going to slowly go insane waiting for the 10th of October to roll around. I want my rat babies so bad!
September 19th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
DAMN. Now my wife is working on me to get a hamster for my oldest kid. Shit, those things stink.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
You know.. I had a lot of hamsters growing up (I’m talking about 24 in the house at one point). They’re really cute, and I could see one being good to teach your kid responsibility or something, with having to take care of something.. but they’re so BITEY. That’s not to say that they always bite, but with a hamster, you just never know when it’s going to happen.
Also, they don’t really stink that bad as long as the cage is kept clean, and if you use a *cage* instead of an aquarium. Honestly, even when we had the 24 hamsters, there was never a truly noticeable hamster smell, but then again — we changed the litter every other day.